Halton

16°CMist

• Today: 21° / 14° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:33

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

124 reported · July 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Drugs9

16 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Halton Castle · Cheshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

123 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 9.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

463 food businesses within 2 miles

• 350 rated 4–5 ★ (285 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Runcorn (2.0 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£193,134 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Halton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£745 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £544
• 2 bed £682
• 3 bed £822

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (4.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (5.1 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ventcroft LTD (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

128,478 residents in Halton · 1,624/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 39 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

32% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,367 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 59,260)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

70 schools · 18,375 pupils

49 primary · 7 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 29 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Halton

94 CQC-registered services

• Care homes25
• GP practices16
• Dentists20
• Homecare agencies14
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Halton

• Within the Green Belt
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

39 applications decided

100% granted · 39 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour majority

• Lab 30
• LD 3
• Ref 16
• Oth 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

48 jobs advertised · £49,407 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Functional Skills Tutor, Become a Physics Tutor in Halton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£698 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,540 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 58,476 certificates

10.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.6 yrs women · 76.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.8 women · 56.4 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Runcorn and Helsby:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office417 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership379 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s329 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test259 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth228 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Wigg Island · 0.2 km

  Wigg Island, also known as Wigg Island Community Park, is a community park and Local Nature Reserve in Runcorn, England.

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  Old Quay Bridge · 0.7 km

  Old Quay Bridge is a Grade II listed swing bridge in Runcorn, England.

• Canal Street (Runcorn) · 0.8 km

  Canal Street was a sports stadium used by Runcorn RFC and later Runcorn FC, in Canal Street, Runcorn, a town now within the borough of Halton in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, and on the southern bank o…

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  Mersey Gateway Bridge · 0.9 km

  The Mersey Gateway Bridge is a toll bridge between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire, England, which spans the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal. The crossing, which opened in October 2017, has three traffic lan…

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  Astmoor · 0.9 km

  Astmoor is a suburb of Runcorn in Cheshire, England.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Runcorn · 1.1 km

  Holy Trinity Church is in Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham. Its benefice is combined with that of Al…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)