Crime Rates at Heald Street, Newton-le-willows, WA12 9NT

Heald Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Newton-le-Willows East , and the 199th highest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heald Street (WA12 9NT) in the last 12 months was 94.2 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% higher than the Newton-le-Willows East average (79.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -27.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heald Street (WA12 9NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Street, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Street (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.