Crime · St Helens

Reported crime in St Helens

Name: St Helens crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

13,553 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 117 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

13,553

Rate / 1,000

117

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,554	41%
Anti social behaviour	1,316	10%
Public order	1,216	9%
Criminal damage and arson	1,114	8%
Shoplifting	1,047	8%
Drugs	1,044	8%
Other theft	680	5%
Vehicle crime	541	4%
Other crime	360	3%
Burglary	322	2%
Possession of weapons	119	1%
Robbery	105	1%
Bicycle theft	76	1%
Theft from the person	59	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	489	522	422	424	420	381	455	462	440	496	533	510	5554
Anti social behaviour	107	104	117	67	80	86	98	100	94	156	160	147	1316
Public order	125	108	101	95	89	85	120	79	80	105	117	112	1216
Criminal damage and arson	113	100	108	72	92	94	105	103	80	76	90	81	1114
Shoplifting	84	74	81	80	62	73	87	97	102	108	80	119	1047
Drugs	101	99	92	92	74	71	200	92	70	57	62	34	1044
Other theft	69	67	62	58	47	55	57	41	53	67	60	44	680
Vehicle crime	34	30	40	52	39	33	37	58	38	35	70	75	541
Other crime	25	26	28	27	25	27	38	33	40	42	24	25	360
Burglary	29	37	25	33	22	13	22	29	20	25	28	39	322
Possession of weapons	5	6	13	8	7	8	8	7	14	18	18	7	119
Robbery	6	10	13	3	8	11	6	7	13	12	9	7	105
Bicycle theft	7	12	7	4	5	3	9	6	7	7	3	6	76
Theft from the person	24	8			4	1	5	2	2	4	6	3	59
Total	1218	1203	1109	1015	974	941	1247	1116	1053	1208	1260	1209	13553

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering St Helens, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 116,303.