Festival Gardens vs Helsby

Festival Gardens has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,218 crimes in the last 12 months. Helsby has a safety score of 65/100 (Safe) with 189 crimes. Helsby scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Festival Gardens shows a year-on-year crime trend of +338.1% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Helsby shows +6.8% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Festival Gardens, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (416 incidents). In Helsby, it is Violent Crime (100 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Festival Gardens recorded 110 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Helsby recorded 12. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Festival Gardens totalled 416 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 100 in Helsby. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Festival Gardens recorded 278 crimes (now 1,218, a change of +338.1%). Helsby recorded 177 crimes previously (now 189, +6.8%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Festival Gardens has a resolution rate of 27.9% and Helsby has 23.1%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Festival Gardens falls within the Merseyside Police boundary. Helsby is covered by Cheshire Constabulary. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Festival Gardens and Helsby. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.