Croft (Warrington)

20°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft · Cheshire

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

270 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 340 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

135 food businesses within 2 miles

• 102 rated 4–5 ★ (89 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Birchwood (3.1 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£259,398 average▲ 6.5% YoY

Across Warrington · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£894 average monthly rent▲ 5.1% YoY

• 1 bed £670
• 2 bed £831
• 3 bed £1,010

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (7.5 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

63 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Birchwood Park (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

210,974 residents in Warrington · 1,168/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 175 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,448 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 97,380)

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

95 schools · 31,467 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 39 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

86inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Warrington

215 CQC-registered services

• Care homes56
• GP practices36
• Dentists44
• Homecare agencies49
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warrington

• Not in the Green Belt
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

197 applications decided

81.7% granted · 161 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Charlotte Nichols

Labour

Warrington North

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 40
• Con 2
• LD 11
• Oth 5

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £32,344 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Driving License Required

Source: Adzuna

£782 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,255 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 · 103,149 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 54% · Imports 16% · Solar 12% · Gas 11%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.3 women · 62.1 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Warrington North:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth262 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test238 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Croft, Cheshire · 0.1 km

  Croft is a village and civil parish in Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, about four miles north of Warrington town centre. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,920. It is a semi-rural, residential distr…

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  Christ Church, Croft · 0.6 km

  Christ Church is in Lady Lane, Croft, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is united with that…

• Universities Research Reactor · 1.7 km

  Universities Research Reactor, also known as Universities' Research Reactor or University Research Reactor, was a small Argonaut class nuclear research reactor in Risley, Warrington, England that went critical on 7 J…

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  HM Prison Risley · 1.8 km

  HM Prison Risley is a category C men's prison, located in the Risley area of Warrington, Cheshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

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  Culcheth railway station · 2.1 km

  Culcheth railway station served the village of Culcheth, Lancashire, England. It was west of the bridge where Wigshaw Lane crossed the railway.

• Culcheth Linear Park · 2.1 km

  Culcheth Linear Park is a park in the district of Culcheth, Warrington, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)