Postcode · St Helens
Crime in WA9 5PY
How much crime is recorded in WA9 5PY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Nutgrove & Lea Green
- Council
- St. Helens
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,563 (2024)
WA9 5PYSt Helens
How safe is WA9 5PY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the WA9 5PY area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
WA9 5PYNational
Violence and sexual offences22.523.6
Public order3.14.6
Other theft2.44.5
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Drugs1.82.4
Possession of weapons1.50.9
Burglary1.29.1
Anti-social behaviour1.210.7
Vehicle crime1.13.5
Other crime0.71.5
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.