Total Crime Rate

535.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 535.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 212.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 109.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 53.2 10/10
  • Public order 35.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 31.9 10/10
  • Other crime 21.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.7 9/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Drugs 14.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.2 10/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • 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

Derwent Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in St Helens , and the 12th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Derwent Road (S71 3RA) in the last 12 months was 535.5 per 1,000 residents and was 274.3% higher 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 3 cases , down -62.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 262.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Derwent Road (S71 3RA), the main crime hotspot is near Aldbury Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Derwent Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laithes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laithes Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Derwent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aldbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aldbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peak Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Laithes Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peveril Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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