Garswood
Middle areaNorth east St. Helens. 5,404 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 21% of people in Garswood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Garswood
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Garswood at a rate of 42.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.3 per 1,000 people across St. Helens.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 103 |
| Other crime | 29 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 20 |
| Vehicle crime | 20 |
| Shoplifting | 18 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 17 |
| Drug offences | 14 |
| Burglary | 8 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Garswood compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Garswood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Garswood at a rate of 42.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.3 per 1,000 people across St. Helens.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Garswood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (103), other crime (29) and vehicle crime (20).
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 middle area, so they describe all of St. Helens and not Garswood alone. See St. Helens
Garswood in brief
The median price paid for a home in Garswood was £190,000 in 2025.
Garswood had 5,448 usual residents at the census.
About 21% of people in Garswood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Garswood, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.