Total Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birch Grove area has the 16th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Billinge & Seneley Green , and the 244th lowest crime rate of 606 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 Birch Grove (WN4 0QY) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% higher than the Billinge & Seneley Green average (39.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Grove (WN4 0QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lilac Avenue, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poplar Avenue (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birch Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birch Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Brambles Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ranmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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