Crime Rates at Hope Close, St. Helens, WA10 2HL

Hope Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 26th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hope Close (WA10 2HL) in the last 12 months was 300.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% lower than the St Helens Town Centre average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 197.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hope Close (WA10 2HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highpoint, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manning Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.