Total Crime Rate
75.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lynton Grove area has the 55th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lynton Grove (WA9 4ND) in the last 12 months was 75.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.6% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lynton Grove (WA9 4ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Lane, where police recorded 15 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 Sutton South East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Beeches | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wray Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunsop Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Axbridge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mill Brow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorwood Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Millersdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millersdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millersdale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dunster Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Croyde Place | Under investigation |
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