Total Crime Rate
531.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
350.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Napier Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St Helens Town Centre , and the 12th 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 Napier Close (WA10 2RB) in the last 12 months was 531.1 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% higher than the St Helens Town Centre average (330.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 350.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Napier Close (WA10 2RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highpoint, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manning Street (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Helens Town Centre| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Pauls Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Pauls Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bruce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bruce Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highpoint | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pigot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crispin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Napier Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Napier Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A58 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | A58 | Local resolution |
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