Total Crime Rate
106.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cheviot Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 164th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cheviot Avenue (WA9 2BX) in the last 12 months was 106.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 91.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheviot Avenue (WA9 2BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pennine Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stretton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stretton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidlaw Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stretton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mendip Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mendip Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mendip Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwyn Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berwyn Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pennine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pennine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pennine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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