Total Crime Rate

101.1 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 101.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.7 5/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.2 5/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dentons Green Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Rainford , and the 179th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dentons Green Lane (WA10 6RH) in the last 12 months was 101.1 per 1,000 residents and was 115.5% higher than the Rainford average (46.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dentons Green Lane (WA10 6RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windle Vale, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tennis Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dentons Green Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windle Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Windle Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dentons Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dentons Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Speakman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windle Vale Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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