Crime Rates at Legh Street, Newton-le-willows, WA12 9NE

Legh Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Newton-le-Willows East , and the 170th highest crime rate of 602 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 Legh Street (WA12 9NE) in the last 12 months was 105.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% higher than the Newton-le-Willows East average (79.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Legh Street (WA12 9NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Police Station, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.