Total Crime Rate

166.0 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 166.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.5 9/10
  • Burglary 23.2 10/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • 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

Prescot Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eccleston , and the 83rd 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 Prescot Road (WA10 3HG) in the last 12 months was 166.0 per 1,000 residents and was 311.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Road (WA10 3HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prescot Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whittle Street (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prescot Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prescot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittle 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 2025Public order Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prescot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prescot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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