Total Crime Rate

91.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Exeter Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 207th highest crime rate of 602 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 Exeter Street (WA10 4HS) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Exeter Street (WA10 4HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridgeman Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Exeter Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Creswell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridgeman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grafton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridgeman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Devon Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Devon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Devon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kitchener Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elliot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kitchener Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Silkstone Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Silkstone Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bronte Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sidney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Virgil Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Douglas Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boundary Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridgeman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tamworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Doulton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Crowther Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Crowther Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tamworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Doulton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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