Total Crime Rate

1704.7 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 1704.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 491.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 345.0 10/10
  • Public order 222.2 10/10
  • Drugs 184.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 128.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 119.9 10/10
  • Other theft 76.0 10/10
  • Burglary 49.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.4 10/10
  • Other crime 14.6 10/10
  • Robbery 14.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 11.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
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

Bickerstaffe Street area has the highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Parr , and the highest crime rate of 606 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 Bickerstaffe Street (WA10 1DH) in the last 12 months was 1704.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1334.2% higher than the Parr average (118.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 168 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 253 (≈ 739.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bickerstaffe Street (WA10 1DH), the main crime hotspot is near Shaw Street. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 87 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bickerstaffe Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cansfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linkway East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standish Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Corporation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chalon Way East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haydock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Haydock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Haydock Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haydock Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Chalon Way East Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution

Data Sources

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