Total Crime Rate

118.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.2 8/10
  • Drugs 16.4 9/10
  • Public order 16.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Owen Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eccleston , and the 138th 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 Owen Street (WA10 3DN) in the last 12 months was 118.0 per 1,000 residents and was 192.8% higher than the Eccleston average (40.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 65.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Owen Street (WA10 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prescot Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southey Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Owen Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prescot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prescot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prescot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cairo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Legion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cairo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Owen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Thatto Heath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crosby Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crosby Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Springfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Whittle Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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