Total Crime Rate
193.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Honister Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Moss Bank , and the 58th highest crime rate of 602 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 Honister Avenue (WA11 7HB) in the last 12 months was 193.2 per 1,000 residents and was 167.4% higher than the Moss Bank average (72.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 139.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Honister Avenue (WA11 7HB), the main crime hotspot is near Esthwaite Avenue. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 32 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughrigg Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honister Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowness Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caldbeck Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunmail Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esthwaite Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loughrigg Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Esthwaite Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Esthwaite Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Honister Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawes Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honister Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honister Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Honister Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kendal Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kendal Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kendal Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kirkstone Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Esthwaite Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ambleside Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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