Crime Rate in St Helens, ward

St Helens has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 wards in Barnsley district and the 720th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 60th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Helens in the last 12 months was 143.0 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% higher than the Barnsley district average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Helens’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 670 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 90.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -35.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 857 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Helens ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 302 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.