Total Crime Rate
1409.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
649.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Haydock Street area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Parr , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .
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 Haydock Street (WA10 1DD) in the last 12 months was 1409.4 per 1,000 residents and was 939.0% higher than the Parr average (135.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 145 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 222 (≈ 649.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haydock Street (WA10 1DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shaw Street (76 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Helens Town Centre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Woodville Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaw Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corporation Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haydock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cansfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cansfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Linkway East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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