Total Crime Rate

82.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 234th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Windle Street (WA10 2DA) in the last 12 months was 82.1 per 1,000 residents and was 75.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 333.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windle Street (WA10 2DA), the main crime hotspot is near North Road. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 31 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 Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chorley Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Atherton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Talbot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Hill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briars Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lord Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crab Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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