St. Helens 008A
NeighbourhoodCentral St. Helens. 1,137 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, St. Helens 008A is in decile 7.
How St. Helens 008A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is St. Helens 008A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St. Helens 008A at a rate of 36.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.8 per 1,000 people across Blackbrook.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 2 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St. Helens 008A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (18), anti-social behaviour (8) and other crime (5).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of St. Helens
These figures are published for the whole of St. Helens, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of St. Helens and not St. Helens 008A alone. See St. Helens
St. Helens 008A in brief
St. Helens 008A has a deprivation score of 12.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
St. Helens 008A had 1,153 usual residents at the census.
In St. Helens 008A, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In St. Helens 008A, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.