Total Crime Rate
1409.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
649.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Claughton 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 Claughton Street (WA10 1SN) 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 Claughton Street (WA10 1SN), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 315 crimes here, including 152 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Helens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Claughton Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exchange Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exchange Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | College Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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