Total Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Four Acre Lane area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 121st 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 Four Acre Lane (WA9 4LG) in the last 12 months was 25.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Four Acre Lane (WA9 4LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hammersley Avenue, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bracken Court (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bold & Lea Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Riding Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Willows | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Willows | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Littlecote Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hammersley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hammersley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnage Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelfield Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorwood Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prenton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Croyde Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riding Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Four Acre Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millersdale | Under investigation |
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