Total Crime Rate

188.6 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 188.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.2 10/10
  • Public order 23.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Shoplifting 10.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Newton Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 66th 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 Newton Road (WA9 2HX) in the last 12 months was 188.6 per 1,000 residents and was 175.4% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 107.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newton Road (WA9 2HX), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambourne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cotswold Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cotswold Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berwyn Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berwyn Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malvern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Grove Under investigation
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 Cotswold Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mendip Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mendip Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mendip Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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