Total Crime Rate

81.1 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 81.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 36.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Beech Avenue area has the 50th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 238th 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 Beech Avenue (WA9 4LQ) in the last 12 months was 81.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% 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 Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 126.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beech Avenue (WA9 4LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Bracken Court. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Beech Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorwood Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bracken Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Tree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wray Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littlecote Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littlecote Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Littlecote Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Croyde Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Willows Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Willows Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Riding Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lever Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hornby Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lever Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rye Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorwood Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Riding Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Agnes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millersdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnage Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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