Postcode · Prescot
Crime in L35 0PL
How much crime is recorded in L35 0PL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Rainhill South
- Council
- St. Helens
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,148 (2024)
L35 0PLPrescot
How safe is L35 0PL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L35 0PL area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
L35 0PLNational
Violence and sexual offences12.923.6
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Public order2.54.6
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Burglary2.09.1
Shoplifting1.48.4
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Other theft0.24.5
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Drugs0.12.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 34% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.