Total Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ansty Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 38th lowest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ansty Close (WA11 9HJ) in the last 12 months was 10.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.4% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ansty Close (WA11 9HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Everton Grove, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grantham Crescent (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mowbray Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grantham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grantham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wysall Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ansty Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramcote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramcote Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Huncote Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parbold Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parbold Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Everton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mowbray Avenue | Under investigation |
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