Halton

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 13° / 7° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:33

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

104 reported · August 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences49
• Anti-social behaviour19
• Public order12
• Criminal damage & arson8

9 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Halton Castle · Cheshire

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

130 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 164 casualties · 10.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

459 food businesses within 2 miles

• 339 rated 4–5 ★ (280 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£189,435 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Halton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£749 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £547
• 2 bed £686
• 3 bed £826

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,376 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

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

15 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,694
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,483
• Net moves+211

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 55 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

31% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

66 inspected 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: 89% 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)

64 applications decided

96.9% granted · 62 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

• Lab 30
• LD 2
• 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)

4,525 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

22 jobs advertised · £57,739 avg

e.g. Social Worker - Duty & Assessment, Engineering Supervisor, Part Time Maths Teacher (Adult Education)

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:

• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months325 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth229 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND223 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills149 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK141 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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)