Total Crime Rate

106.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 106.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.8 9/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Other crime 12.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Skelton Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Moss Bank , and the 163rd 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 Skelton Close (WA11 9NP) in the last 12 months was 106.4 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% higher than the Moss Bank average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 85.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Skelton Close (WA11 9NP), the main crime hotspot is near Folds Lane. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Skelton Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Folds Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grasmere Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Windermere Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime A571 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Leach Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ullswater Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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