Total Crime Rate
167.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heathland Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 79th highest crime rate of 602 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 Heathland Road (WA9 4GJ) in the last 12 months was 167.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% higher than the Bold & Lea Green average (128.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 101.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathland Road (WA9 4GJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bracken Court, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Millersdale (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bold & Lea Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunster Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wray Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ley Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pasture Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moreton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pasture Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bentley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollitt Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bodden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunsop Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Burnage Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Millersdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millersdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorwood Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oaklands Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oaklands Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burnage Avenue | Under investigation |
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