Total Crime Rate

85.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 34.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Churchill Gardens area has the 15th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eccleston , and the 220th highest crime rate of 602 local areas in St. Helens .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Churchill Gardens (WA9 5GB) in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 117.7% higher than the Eccleston average (39.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Churchill Gardens (WA9 5GB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B5204, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aspen Gardens (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Churchill Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary B5204 Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery B5204 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery B5204 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B5204 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B5204 —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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