Total Crime Rate

56.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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.
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Crime overview

Salhouse Gardens area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 117 local areas in Bold & Lea Green , and the 281st lowest crime rate of 606 local areas in St. Helens .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Salhouse Gardens (WA9 5UX) in the last 12 months was 56.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 38.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Salhouse Gardens (WA9 5UX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bargate Water, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Drake Gardens (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Salhouse Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nutgrove Hall Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hansard Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranworth Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Drake Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bargate Water Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bargate Water Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bargate Water Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bargate Water Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsham Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Radley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Radley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Radley Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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