Total Crime Rate

68.6 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 68.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • 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
  • 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

Dentons Green Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Rainford , and the 278th highest 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 Dentons Green Lane (WA10 6SA) in the last 12 months was 68.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dentons Green Lane (WA10 6SA), the main crime hotspot is near Tennis Street. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dentons Green Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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 Rosebery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosebery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dentons Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Dentons Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hammill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masefield Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennis Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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