Total Crime Rate

117.8 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 117.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.9 10/10
  • Other crime 11.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Alder Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Newton-le-Willows East , and the 139th 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 Alder Street (WA12 8HW) in the last 12 months was 117.8 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% higher than the Newton-le-Willows East average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 90.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alder Street (WA12 8HW), the main crime hotspot is near Alder Street. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alder Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Park Avenue South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cedar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cedar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roman Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pipit Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue South Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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