Total Crime Rate
107.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Peters Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 165th highest crime rate of 602 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 St Peters Close (WA9 2ET) in the last 12 months was 107.2 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% higher than the Blackbrook average (71.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 72.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Close (WA9 2ET), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Parr| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pentland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peters Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sidlaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sidlaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stretton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sidlaw Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broad Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Pentland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pentland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stretton Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
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