Total Crime Rate

80.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.6 9/10
  • Other crime 8.9 9/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • 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
  • 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

Edgeworth Street area has the 51st highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Edgeworth Street (WA9 3PP) in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% lower than the Bold & Lea Green average (128.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edgeworth Street (WA9 3PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lee Street, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Joseph Street (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Edgeworth Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goodban Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Peckers Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sommersby Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Drive —
Sep 2025Burglary Worsley Brow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Taylor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Goodban Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Joseph Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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