Total Crime Rate

80.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.0 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 80.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Africander Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Moss Bank , and the 237th highest crime rate of 602 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 Africander Road (WA11 7DB) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% higher than the Moss Bank average (72.3 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 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Africander Road (WA11 7DB), the main crime hotspot is near Sandy Lane. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Africander Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsway —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsway —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Africander Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Silverdale Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandy Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Africander Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Sandy Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Sandy Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windermere Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Windermere Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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