Crime Rate in St Helens, ward

St Helens has the lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Hastings district and the 1360th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 216th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Helens in the last 12 months was 37.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower than the Hastings district average (124.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Helens’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 172.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -21.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Helens ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Park View, with 31 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around St Helen'S Road (8 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.