Total Crime Rate

70.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 70.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Creswell Street area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Creswell Street (WA10 2PN) in the last 12 months was 70.3 per 1,000 residents and was 79.0% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -73.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Creswell Street (WA10 2PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manning Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Creswell Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Napier Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Napier Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Virgil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Manning Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Manning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Manning Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Manning Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lyon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manning Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lewis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grant Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pemberton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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