Total Crime Rate

144.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 144.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Robbery 9.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Fry Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fry Street (WA9 2AB) in the last 12 months was 144.2 per 1,000 residents and was 110.6% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -65.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fry Street (WA9 2AB), the main crime hotspot is near Pennine Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fry Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delves Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pennine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reeves Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hargreaves Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hargreaves Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deerfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pennine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castle Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Delves Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Delves Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pennine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kerr Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kerr Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chancery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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