Total Crime Rate
169.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Greenfield Road area has the highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Rainford , and the 80th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Greenfield Road (WA10 6SL) in the last 12 months was 169.3 per 1,000 residents and was 260.9% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 105.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 65.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenfield Road (WA10 6SL), 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.
View Crime In Rainford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dentons Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dentons Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huyton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huyton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammill Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Windle Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Speakman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windle Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windle Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammill Street | Under investigation |
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