Total Crime Rate
96.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eskdale Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Moss Bank , and the 195th 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 Eskdale Avenue (WA11 7EN) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 56.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eskdale Avenue (WA11 7EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kendal Drive, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowness Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Moss Bank| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kendal Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Folds Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarn Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kendal Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stainton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kendal Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grizedale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ambleside Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Folds Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Green Leach Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Leach Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonyhurst Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grasmere Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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