Total Crime Rate

70.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 70.2 6/10
  • Violent crimes 57.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.3 8/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Peel Place area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 276th highest crime rate of 602 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 Peel Place (WA10 2SH) in the last 12 months was 70.2 per 1,000 residents and was 78.8% lower than the St Helens Town Centre average (330.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Peel Place (WA10 2SH), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 48 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 Peel Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birchley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Middlehurst Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Birchley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gleave Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Albert Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order College Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime New Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Lord Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Apr 2026Vehicle crime North Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gleave Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ward Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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