Total Crime Rate

106.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 106.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cheviot 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cheviot Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stretton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stretton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidlaw Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stretton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Mendip Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mendip Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mendip Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malvern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berwyn Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berwyn Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pennine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Pennine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pennine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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