Total Crime Rate

12.3 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 12.3 1/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Mill Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 47th lowest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Lane (WA9 4EZ) in the last 12 months was 12.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.4% 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 Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mill Lane (WA9 4EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leopold Grove, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Lane (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mill Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leopold Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Trent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Severn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Severn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Yew Tree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leopold Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leopold Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Leopold Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Leopold Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leopold Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Leopold Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leopold Grove
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leopold Grove
Sep 2025Burglary Croyde Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mill Brow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trent Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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