Total Crime Rate

158.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 158.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 103.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Balmoral Avenue area has the 18th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 88th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Balmoral Avenue (WA9 3TU) in the last 12 months was 158.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% higher than the Bold & Lea Green average (128.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balmoral Avenue (WA9 3TU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Balmoral Avenue, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sherdley Park Drive (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Balmoral Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Sandringham Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherdley Park Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Balmoral Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshalls Cross Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sherdley Park Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Marshalls Cross Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sherdley Park Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sherdley Park Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sherdley Park Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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