Total Crime Rate
97.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Florence Street area has the 39th highest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 189th 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 Florence Street (WA9 5NB) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Florence Street (WA9 5NB), the main crime hotspot is near Dennis Avenue. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Thatto Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dennis Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nut Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Newmarket Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Polinda Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stevens Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stevens Street | Under investigation |
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