Total Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.0 8/10
  • Burglary 59.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Parchments area has the 30th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Newton-le-Willows East , and the 183rd 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 The Parchments (WA12 0DL) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% higher than the Newton-le-Willows East average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 1200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Parchments (WA12 0DL), the main crime hotspot is near Golborne Street. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Parchments area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walmsley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cobden Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walmsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walmsley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walmsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walmsley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Walmsley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Golborne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willow Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Golborne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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