Total Crime Rate

232.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 232.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 116.0 10/10
  • Drugs 36.0 10/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • 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

Castle Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 606 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 Castle Avenue (WA9 1SN) in the last 12 months was 232.0 per 1,000 residents and was 238.8% higher than the Blackbrook average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 152.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Avenue (WA9 1SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mather Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Castle Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hargreaves Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kerr Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delves Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delves Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Rimmer Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hargreaves Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reeves Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chancery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evelyn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Kerr Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stocks Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Castle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pennine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pennine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pennine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Delves Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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