Total Crime Rate
114.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parbold Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 148th highest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Parbold Avenue (WA11 9BT) in the last 12 months was 114.3 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% higher than the Blackbrook average (71.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parbold Avenue (WA11 9BT), the main crime hotspot is near Link Avenue. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chain Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashurst Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashurst Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashurst Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashurst Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashurst Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashurst Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackbrook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beacon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parbold Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parbold Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Billinge Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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