Total Crime Rate

116.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Nursery Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 140th highest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nursery Road (WA9 5PS) in the last 12 months was 116.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 76.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Road (WA9 5PS), the main crime hotspot is near Stevens Court. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bold & Lea Green

Crime Over Time in Nursery Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Radley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Radley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hobart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Radley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Thatto Heath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hansard Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stevens Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Carnarvon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stevens Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nutgrove Hall Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carnarvon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 19 of 19

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑