Total Crime Rate
59.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hoylake Grove area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 116 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 279th lowest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hoylake Grove (WA9 4ES) in the last 12 months was 59.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% lower than the Bold & Lea Green average (128.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hoylake Grove (WA9 4ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leopold Grove, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hammersley Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Helens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallow Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fallow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moreton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pasture Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Grove | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leopold Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leopold Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leopold Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leopold Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pasture Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millersdale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burnage Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorwood Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millersdale | — |
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