Total Crime Rate

47.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 47.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Ellison Drive area has the 34th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eccleston , and the 236th lowest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ellison Drive (WA10 4EH) in the last 12 months was 47.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ellison Drive (WA10 4EH), the main crime hotspot is near Mcfarlane Avenue. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ellison Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Willow Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Newlove Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fairclough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sculthorpe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcfarlane Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcfarlane Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mcfarlane Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coslett Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sculthorpe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hewitt Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Feathers Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Belmont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belmont Street
Sep 2025Drugs Gibbons Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gibbons Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alpine Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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