Total Crime Rate

10.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 10.4 1/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Renfrew Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 35th lowest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Renfrew Avenue (WA11 9RL) in the last 12 months was 10.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% lower than the Blackbrook average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Renfrew Avenue (WA11 9RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashurst Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Erskine Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Renfrew Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arran Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Orkney Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chain Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Glade Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Glade Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Glade Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chain Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arran Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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