Total Crime Rate

236.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 236.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.1 10/10
  • Drugs 21.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Windle Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 41st highest crime rate of 606 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 236.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% lower than the St Helens Town Centre average (335.1 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 136.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 181.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windle Street (WA10 2BL), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Windle Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carillon Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lord Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Volunteer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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