Total Crime Rate
1704.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hardshaw 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 Hardshaw Street (WA10 1RE) 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 Hardshaw Street (WA10 1RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near William Street (119 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Parr| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Garswood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chalon Way East | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chalon Way East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Linkway West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linkway West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linkway West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Linkway West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Linkway West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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