Total Crime Rate

19.2 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 19.2 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · 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 15th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eccleston , and the 84th lowest crime rate of 606 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 Prescot Road (WA10 3HN) in the last 12 months was 19.2 per 1,000 residents and was 52.3% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Road (WA10 3HN), 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 (14/14)
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 2025Public order Lemon Tree Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prescot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Owen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prescot Road 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
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Data Sources

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