Total Crime Rate
107.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Derbyshire Hill Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Parr , and the 166th highest crime rate of 602 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 Derbyshire Hill Road (WA9 2LU) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% lower than the Parr average (135.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Derbyshire Hill Road (WA9 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barlow Grove, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mcminnis Avenue (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Parr| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mcminnis Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hignett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherry Tree Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudd Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rudd Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inman Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rudd Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Derbyshire Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Price Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barlow Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barlow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Barlow Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Price Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brookland Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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