Total Crime Rate

93.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Rainford Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Billinge & Seneley Green , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 606 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 Rainford Road (WN5 7PF) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 136.5% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rainford Road (WN5 7PF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenfield View (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rainford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Myrtle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenfield View Under investigation

Data Sources

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