Total Crime Rate
107.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lindsay Street area has the 35th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 164th 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 Lindsay Street (WA9 4UG) in the last 12 months was 107.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lindsay Street (WA9 4UG), the main crime hotspot is near Meadow Avenue. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bold & Lea Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Field Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eccles Grove | Under investigation |
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