Total Crime Rate

54.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 54.7 5/10
  • Violent crimes 32.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Adelaide Avenue area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 265th lowest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Adelaide Avenue (WA9 5RX) in the last 12 months was 54.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% 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 Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adelaide Avenue (WA9 5RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Freemantle Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ayres Court (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Adelaide Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Perth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ayres Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Close Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Close Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Perth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Perth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Canberra Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Tasman Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tasman Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Darwin Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ayres Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ayres Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Close Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ayres Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ayres Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tasman Grove
Apr 2026Drugs Elephant Lane Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elephant Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Freemantle Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Manley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Freemantle Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Close Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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