Total Crime Rate
572.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
247.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Higher Parr Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Parr , and the 8th highest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Higher Parr Street (WA9 1DA) in the last 12 months was 572.2 per 1,000 residents and was 321.8% higher than the Parr average (135.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 247.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Higher Parr Street (WA9 1DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trinity Street, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bolton Close (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Peasley Cross & Fingerpost| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Langtree Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashcroft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langtree Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vernon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Basin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mcculloch Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Basin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Basin Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ardwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Twyford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitt Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twyford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Baker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baker Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twyford Place | Under investigation |
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