Burglar jailed after breaking into home in St Helens
14:00 28/07/2026A burglar has been jailed after admitting breaking into a St Helens home and stealing a games console, cigarettes and prescription medication.
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A burglar has been jailed after admitting breaking into a St Helens home and stealing a games console, cigarettes and prescription medication.
We are appealing for information after a shop, bakery and restaurant were broken into in St Helens in the early hours of Tuesday 21 July.
Two brothers have been jailed today, Monday 20 July, after their clothes, fingerprints and CCTV footage connected them to a string of burglaries in Merseyside and Cheshire.
We are appealing for help in finding a man from St Helens who is wanted on a no bail warrant for a theft offence.
Detectives have issued a CCTV image of a group of people to come forward to assist with their enquiries following an assault in St Helens last month.
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| Jul 2025 | 79 | 9.5% |
| Aug 2025 | 68 | 8.2% |
| Sep 2025 | 77 | 9.2% |
| Oct 2025 | 93 | 11.2% |
| Nov 2025 | 58 | 7% |
| Dec 2025 | 65 | 7.8% |
| Jan 2026 | 52 | 6.2% |
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| Mar 2026 | 67 | 8% |
| Apr 2026 | 69 | 8.3% |
| May 2026 | 73 | 8.8% |
| Jun 2026 | 83 | 10% |