Total Crime Rate

85.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.9 8/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rotherham Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in St Helens , and the 374th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rotherham Road (S71 1XG) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.1% lower than the St Helens average (143.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rotherham Road (S71 1XG), the main crime hotspot is near Selby Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rotherham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Aston Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Selby Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blossom View Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ledbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edwins Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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