Earlestown South
Middle areaEast St. Helens. 7,066 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Earlestown South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Earlestown South
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Earlestown South at a rate of 112.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.3 per 1,000 people across St. Helens.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 256 |
| Shoplifting | 164 |
| Other crime | 143 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 81 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 58 |
| Drug offences | 48 |
| Vehicle crime | 26 |
| Burglary | 11 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Earlestown South compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Earlestown South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Earlestown South at a rate of 112.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.3 per 1,000 people across St. Helens.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Earlestown South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (256), shoplifting (164) and other crime (143).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of St. Helens
These figures are published for the whole of St. Helens, not for each middle area, so they describe all of St. Helens and not Earlestown South alone. See St. Helens
Earlestown South in brief
The median price paid for a home in Earlestown South was £185,750 in 2025.
Earlestown South had 6,564 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Earlestown South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Earlestown South, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.