Total Crime Rate
1769.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
707.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Liverpool Street area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the highest crime rate of 602 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 Liverpool Street (WA10 3LJ) in the last 12 months was 1769.4 per 1,000 residents and was 434.7% higher than the St Helens Town Centre average (330.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 172 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 264 (≈ 707.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Liverpool Street (WA10 3LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Linkway West, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manning Street (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Helens Town Centre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highpoint | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highpoint | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chalon Way West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chalon Way West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalon Way West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalon Way West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highpoint | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chalon Way West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A570 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A570 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linkway West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linkway West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Linkway West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linkway West | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linkway West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lancashire Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linkway West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highpoint | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highpoint | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highpoint | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highpoint | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lyon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Highpoint | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highpoint | Under investigation |
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