Crime Rates at Wood Street, St. Helens, WA9 1NH

Wood Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Parr , and the 86th highest crime rate of 606 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 Wood Street (WA9 1NH) in the last 12 months was 161.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% higher than the Parr average (118.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 113.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Street (WA9 1NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bolton Close, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackhorse Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.