Crime Rates at Mount Pleasant Avenue, St. Helens, WA9 2PR

Mount Pleasant Avenue area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Blackbrook , and the 226th lowest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mount Pleasant Avenue (WA9 2PR) in the last 12 months was 44.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.4% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant Avenue (WA9 2PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newton Road, where police recorded 29 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.