Total Crime Rate
168.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Roysten Gardens area has the 18th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Parr , and the 81st 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 Roysten Gardens (WA9 1RJ) in the last 12 months was 168.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 102.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roysten Gardens (WA9 1RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Surrey Street, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caldwell Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Parr| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emlyn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hammond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hammond Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Smithfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Smithfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smithfield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sankey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sankey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sussex Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sankey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Allanson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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