Total Crime Rate
184.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
131.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Windle Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 66th highest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .
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 Windle Street (WA10 2BL) in the last 12 months was 184.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% lower 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 131.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windle Street (WA10 2BL), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Helens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lord Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middlehurst Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rutland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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