Total Crime Rate

244.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 244.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 97.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.5 10/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Etherley Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Newton-le-Willows East , and the 37th 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 Etherley Drive (WA12 8NS) in the last 12 months was 244.5 per 1,000 residents and was 190.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 933.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 87.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Etherley Drive (WA12 8NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Adams Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Liberation Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Etherley Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garston Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Adams Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Greenwood Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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