Total Crime Rate

125.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Other crime 14.9 10/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Radcliffe Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in St Helens , and the 247th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Radcliffe Road (S71 3DX) in the last 12 months was 125.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% lower than the St Helens average (143.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Radcliffe Road (S71 3DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kirkby Avenue, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rufford Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Radcliffe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ollerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufford Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Rufford Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Radcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mansfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mansfield Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Arnold Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ollerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufford Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rufford Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirkby Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxton Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beeston Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beeston Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rufford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clipstone Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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