Total Crime Rate

224.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 224.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 96.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.2 8/10
  • Drugs 24.1 10/10
  • Other theft 20.1 10/10
  • Public order 12.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Robbery 8.0 8/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 3rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eccleston , and the 46th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Prescot Road (WA10 3HS) in the last 12 months was 224.9 per 1,000 residents and was 457.9% higher than the Eccleston average (40.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Road (WA10 3HS), 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 2025Shoplifting Prescot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prescot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prescot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Owen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moxon Street Under investigation
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Whittle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stafford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whittle Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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