Total Crime Rate

199.4 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 199.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Drugs 21.5 10/10
  • Other theft 21.5 10/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Wellington Terrace area has the 13th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 57th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Terrace (WA10 2SN) in the last 12 months was 199.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 107.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Terrace (WA10 2SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wellington Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs College Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehurst Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crab Street 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 Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stanhope Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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