Total Crime Rate

206.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

106.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 206.9 9/10
  • Violent crimes 106.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.6 9/10
  • Public order 37.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Drugs 25.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Kentmere Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Moss Bank , and the 53rd 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 Kentmere Avenue (WA11 7PG) in the last 12 months was 206.9 per 1,000 residents and was 186.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 9.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 106.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kentmere Avenue (WA11 7PG), the main crime hotspot is near Esthwaite Avenue. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kentmere Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Loughrigg Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Esthwaite Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Esthwaite Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Loughrigg Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunmail Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowness Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caldbeck Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hawes Avenue —
Apr 2026Burglary Kendal Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kendal Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kendal Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Esthwaite Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kirkstone Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Esthwaite Avenue —
Apr 2026Other theft Honister Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Honister Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Honister Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Honister Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kendal Drive —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Honister Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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