Crime Statistics for Portico, St Helens, St Helens, 2024

There were a total of 202 street level crime incidents in Portico in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Portico, 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	93
Public Order	21
Criminal Damage Arson	17
Shoplifting	17
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Drugs	12
Other Theft	10
Other Crime	7
Vehicle Crime	5
Burglary	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	202

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Portico. 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 Portico

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Portico	202
Eccleston Park (0.62 miles)	191
Grange Park (0.88 miles)	151
Toll Bar (0.88 miles)	151
Holt (1.24 miles)	141
Thatto Heath (1.24 miles)	135
Brown Edge (1.24 miles)	129
Nut Grove (0.88 miles)	122
Lea Green (1.39 miles)	105
Eccleston (1.24 miles)	51

Where are the most violent places near Portico?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Portico	93
Grange Park	83
Toll Bar	83
Eccleston Park	81
Holt	75
Thatto Heath	74
Brown Edge	66
Nut Grove	65
Lea Green	57
Eccleston	28

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

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 Portico 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 Portico compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Portico and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Portico is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Town Centre	88
2	Bold	74
3	Thatto Heath	67
4	St Michaels	67
5	West Park	67
6	Windle	66
7	Whiston and Cronton	54
8	Prescot South	52
9	Eccleston	33
10	Rainhill	29
11	Farnworth	26

Which road in Portico has the highest level of crime?

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