Total Crime Rate
95.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oxford Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 195th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Street (WA10 2DL) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 433.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 74.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 260.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Street (WA10 2DL), 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.
View Crime In St Helens Town Centre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Volunteer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Volunteer Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crab Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chorley Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehurst Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Talbot Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Atherton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hamer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carillon Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Volunteer Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briars Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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