Total Crime Rate

99.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.5 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Charles Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Parr , and the 185th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

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 Charles Street (WA10 1LN) in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 80.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charles Street (WA10 1LN), 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 Charles Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Corporation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaw Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Hall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brynn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haydock Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cansfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garswood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Haydock Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Haydock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haydock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lower Hall Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standish Street Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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