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Hale (Halton)

Hale is a town or village in Cheshire, England, with one pharmacy, two restaurants and cafés, and four bus stops. The nearest railway station is Halewood, 3.7 km away. There were around 14 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hale (Halton) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Halton area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 128,478 residents at roughly 1,624 people per km².

Council
Halton
County
Cheshire
Constituency
Halton
Police force
Cheshire
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 204th of 294 English council areas — better than 31% of them.

Low crime31
Home affordability92
Affordable rents95
Good schools29
Life expectancy11
Low deprivation18
Employment26
Low council tax67

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CClear

  • Today: 13° / 7° · 38% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:33

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

14 reported · August 2026▲ 180% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Public order2

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Ditton and Hale · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • ASB around the shops in Hale Village and Parking issues.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

68 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 49 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Halewood (3.7 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Halewood (3.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£189,435 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Halton · to 2026-08

Detached£316,315
Semi-detached£200,821
Terraced£156,208
Flat£102,027

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

40 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons Speke (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools8
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,367 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,578
B £1,841
C £2,104
D £2,367
E £2,893
F £3,418
G £3,944
H £4,733

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Wade Deacon High SchoolOutstanding
  • Ormiston Chadwick AcademyGood
  • Sandymoor Ormiston AcademyGood
  • Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademyRequires improvement
  • Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
  • Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
  • The Heath School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Halton

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

64 applications decided

96.9% granted · 62 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Derek Twigg

Labour

Widnes and Halewood

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 30
  • LD 2
  • Ref 16
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,525 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

68% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Gas 30% · Nuclear 24% · Imports 2%

117 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in L24

  • The Margaret Thompson Med Centre
  • Speke Hc - Dr Thakur
  • Speke Hc - Dr Singh & Dr Bicha

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Widnes and Halewood:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hale, Halton · 0.1 km

    Hale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England with a population of 1,800. The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside. It is 3 miles…

  • Manor House, Hale · 0.4 km

    The Manor House, Hale is a house in Church End, Hale, a village in the borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

  • St Mary's Church, Hale · 0.5 km

    St Mary's Church is in Church End in the village of Hale, Halton, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican…

  • Hale Duck Decoy · 0.9 km

    Hale Duck Decoy is a duck decoy and nature reserve near the village of Hale, in Halton, Cheshire, England. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and lies within a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is owned by…

  • St Ambrose's Church, Speke · 1.9 km

    St Ambrose's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Heathgate Avenue, Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is an active parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool and the Pastoral Area of Woolton and Hale…

  • Halebank · 2.0 km

    Halebank is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. The area locally referred to as Halebank was officially created by the Halton Order 2008. The parish lies in the western part of the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hale (Halton)?
Hale (Halton) is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Halton local authority.
How deprived is Hale (Halton)?
The Halton local authority, which includes Hale (Halton), is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.