Crime Rates at Prescot Road, St. Helens, WA10 3TY

Prescot Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Prescot Road (WA10 3TY) in the last 12 months was 132.9 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% lower than the St Helens Town Centre average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Road (WA10 3TY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.