St Helens (St. Helens)
St Helens (St. Helens) is a town or village in Cheshire, England, with 1 pharmacy, 1 park, and around 3 restaurants and cafés. There are 26 bus stops and the nearest railway station is St Helens Junction, 1.9 km away. There were around 121 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the St Helens (St. Helens) area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Warrington area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 210,974 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².
- Council
- Warrington
- County
- Cheshire
- Constituency
- Warrington North
- Police force
- Cheshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 47th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.
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
20°CSunny
- Today: 23° / 15° · 15% rain
- Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:31
12h 50m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
16US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom
Crime
89 reported · July 2026▼ 20% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences43
- Public order12
- Criminal damage & arson8
- Anti-social behaviour6
22 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Burtonwood and Winwick · Cheshire
Local policing priorities
- Concerns raised over anti-social behaviour and use of e-bikes/off-road bikes.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
319 food businesses within 2 miles
- 245 rated 4–5 ★ (184 top)
- 25 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: St Helens Junction (1.9 km)
- 26 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from St Helens Junction (1.9 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£259,398 average▲ 6.5% YoY
Across Warrington · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (7.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11.9 km)
33 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
54 charging locations within ~8 km
- 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 300 kW
- Nearest: Morrisons St Helens (2.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Gyms1
- Sports pitches16
- Playgrounds3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
210,974 residents in Warrington · 1,168/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 63%
- 65+: 19%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
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
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Bridgewater High SchoolGood
- Cardinal Newman Catholic High SchoolGood
- Lymm High SchoolGood
- Padgate AcademyGood
- Penketh High SchoolGood
- Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High SchoolGood
- St Gregory's Catholic High SchoolGood
- Beamont Collegiate Academy
- Birchwood Community High School
- Culcheth High School
- Great Sankey High School
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington
- UTC Warrington
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Warrington
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- Within the Green Belt
- 1 listed building within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
197 applications decided
81.7% granted · 161 granted, 36 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Charlotte Nichols
Labour
Warrington North
Recent votes:
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
- NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 40
- Con 2
- LD 11
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools5
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies1
- Parks & greens5
- Restaurants & cafés4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
10,295 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
601 jobs advertised · £37,933 avg
e.g. Area Manager, Male Support Worker, Project Manager
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
85% low-carbon electricity
Wind 55% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 11% · Imports 4%
43 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO
Health
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
- Collins Green railway station · 0.9 km
Collins Green railway station was a railway station in Burtonwood, Warrington, England. It was in operation between 1830 and 1951.
- Bold Power Station · 1.4 km
Bold Power Station refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations in Bold near St Helens, Merseyside, North West England. They were closed, decommissioned and demolished between 1981 and 1992, and a housing estat…
- Hoghton Road Stadium · 1.5 km
Hoghton Road Stadium was a sports stadium on Hoghton Road, Sutton, a suburb of St. Helens, the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, England.
- St Cuthbert's Catholic High School · 1.6 km
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic mixed secondary school situated in St Helens, Merseyside, England.
Sankey Viaduct · 1.8 kmThe Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct in Newton-le-Willows in North West England. The majority of the viaduct is located within the borough of St Helens, Merseyside, with approximately a third to west of Sankey Broo…
Burtonwood · 1.9 kmBurtonwood is a village in the civil parish of Burtonwood and Westbrook, in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the name Burtonwood is known worldw…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Helens (St. Helens)?
- St Helens (St. Helens) is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Warrington local authority.
- How deprived is St Helens (St. Helens)?
- The Warrington local authority, which includes St Helens (St. Helens), is around the average in England on the IoD2019.