Total Crime Rate

169.3 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 169.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.9 9/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.2 10/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Dentons Green Lane area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Rainford , and the 80th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dentons Green Lane (WA10 2QB) in the last 12 months was 169.3 per 1,000 residents and was 260.9% higher than the Rainford average (46.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 105.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dentons Green Lane (WA10 2QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windle Vale, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Campbell Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dentons Green Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grant Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowley Hill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harris Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Harris Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windle Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windle Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Chorley Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briars Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Windle Vale Under investigation
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Data Sources

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