Total Crime Rate
1439.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
805.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Street (WA10 2BD) in the last 12 months was 1439.4 per 1,000 residents and was 335.0% higher than the St Helens Town Centre average (330.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 252 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 339 (≈ 805.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Street (WA10 2BD), the main crime hotspot is near William Street. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 90 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Helens Town Centre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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