Crime Rates at Sherdley Road, St. Helens, WA9 5DQ

Sherdley Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 105th 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 Sherdley Road (WA9 5DQ) in the last 12 months was 142.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% higher than the Bold & Lea Green average (128.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sherdley Road (WA9 5DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hempstead Close, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harlow Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.