Postcode · Prescot
Crime in L35 6PD
How much crime is recorded in L35 6PD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Rainhill South
- Council
- St. Helens
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,420 (2024)
L35 6PDPrescot
How safe is L35 6PD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the L35 6PD 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
18.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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 6PDNational
Violence and sexual offences16.223.6
Drugs5.92.4
Public order5.64.6
Other theft4.74.5
Anti-social behaviour2.810.7
Burglary1.99.1
Other crime1.61.5
Criminal damage and arson1.04.7
Vehicle crime0.83.5
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 46% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.