Total Crime Rate

122.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 122.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Burglary 20.4 10/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Silkstone Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 133rd 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 Silkstone Street (WA10 4PB) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.5% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Silkstone Street (WA10 4PB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Silkstone Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Douglas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridgeman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridgeman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bronte Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Silkstone Street
Sep 2025Public order Silkstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silkstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silkstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silkstone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Downs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Sidney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Downs Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Downs Road
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sidney Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridgeman Street
Sep 2025Drugs Sidney Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cambridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liberty Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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