Crime Statistics for Old Boston, St Helens, St Helens, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Old Boston in October 2024. There were a total of 500 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Old Boston, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	197
Anti Social Behaviour	76
Public Order	68
Other Theft	44
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Drugs	24
Vehicle Crime	24
Burglary	16
Shoplifting	16
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	3
All Crime	500

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Old Boston. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Old Boston

We've taken the ten nearest places to Old Boston and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Old Boston has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Old Boston	252
Newton-le-Willows (1.39 miles)	208
Blackbrook (1.96 miles)	202
Earlestown (1.39 miles)	138
Rainford Brook (1.87 miles)	88
Garswood (1.75 miles)	22
Ashton-in-Makerfield (1.24 miles)	15
Tithe Barn Hillock (1.75 miles)	14
Edge Green (1.75 miles)	3
Town Green (1.39 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Old Boston?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Old Boston and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Old Boston	197
Blackbrook	104
Newton-le-Willows	88
Earlestown	48
Rainford Brook	25
Tithe Barn Hillock	10
Garswood	6
Ashton-in-Makerfield	6
Edge Green	1
Town Green	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Old Boston?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Old Boston to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Old Boston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Old Boston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Old Boston is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Abram	83
2	Parr	83
3	Earlestown	67
4	Burtonwood and Winwick	58
5	Newton	56
6	Golborne and Lowton West	49
7	Bryn	49
8	Blackbrook	48
9	Ashton	45
10	Haydock	39
11	Billinge and Seneley Green	39

Which road in Old Boston has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Old Boston with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Lancaster Close.