Total Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 81.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.6 9/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forrester Avenue 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 Forrester Avenue (WA9 5ND) 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 Forrester Avenue (WA9 5ND), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Forrester Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Edge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Beech Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Newmarket Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nut Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Stevens Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dennis Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stevens Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Polinda Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millom Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Florence Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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