Total Crime Rate

80.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Burglary 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 29th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 241st highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newton Road (WA9 2HZ) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newton Road (WA9 2HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Chiltern Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 19 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 (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cotswold Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Newton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weaver Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Public order Weaver Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sky Lark Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambourne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cotswold Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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