Warrington
Warrington is a city in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 172,330. It has 3 GP surgeries, 5 pharmacies, 4 supermarkets, and around 52 restaurants and cafés, with 67 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Warrington Central, 0.1 km away. The average sold house price is around £296,898, and there were around 478 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 Warrington area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Warrington area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 210,974 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².
- Council
- Warrington
- County
- Cheshire
- Constituency
- Warrington South
- Police force
- Cheshire
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 41st of 294 English council areas — better than 86% 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
10°COvercast
- Today: 12° / 7° · 20% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:32
9h 18m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.6 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
465 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences181
- Public order71
- Anti-social behaviour50
- Other theft32
49 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Fairfield and Howley · Cheshire
Local policing priorities
- What can be done about anti-social behaviour on St Elphin's Park.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
328 reported road collisions (2025)
80 killed or seriously injured · 412 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 386 rated 4–5 ★ (295 top)
- 37 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Warrington Central (0.8 km)
- 78 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Warrington Central (0.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£259,224 average▲ 2.8% YoY
Across Warrington · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£899 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY
- 1 bed £673
- 2 bed £835
- 3 bed £1,016
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
2,777 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: 151.9p · BP (11.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (11.1 km)
17 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
46 charging locations within ~8 km
- 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Manchester Road 1 (0.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres7
- Gyms6
- Swimming pools2
- Sports pitches71
- Playgrounds24
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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,559
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,031
- Net moves+528
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 199 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
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
96 schools · 31,467 pupils
69 primary · 13 secondary · 14 other
Ofsted: 40 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)
88 inspected 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
- Aldridge UTC Warrington
- Beamont Collegiate Academy
- Birchwood Community High School
- Culcheth High School
- Great Sankey High School
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Warrington
Care & health services
214 CQC-registered services
- Care homes57
- GP practices37
- Dentists44
- Homecare agencies47
- Hospitals & hospices10
CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding
Source: Care Quality Commission · Warrington
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (Church Street)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 129 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
233 applications decided
82% granted · 191 granted, 42 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Charlotte Nichols
Labour
Warrington North
Recent votes:
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
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
- Schools15
- GPs & clinics10
- Pharmacies10
- Supermarkets15
- Parks & greens26
- Restaurants & cafés113
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
10,325 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
2,817 jobs advertised · £43,185 avg
e.g. HGV Driver, Class 1 Driver, Industrial Mechanical Estimator
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
79% low-carbon electricity
Wind 54% · Nuclear 24% · Gas 19% · Imports 3%
75 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
Health services
12 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in WA1
- Holes Lane Medical Ltd.
- Springfields Medical Centre
- Helsby Street Med/Ctr
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Warrington North:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth263 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK142 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND139 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases132 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions128 local signatures · 11,120 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
St Elphin's Church, Warrington · 0.2 kmSt Elphin's Church is the parish church of the town of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglica…
- Church Street, Warrington · 0.3 km
Church Street is one of the main thoroughfares of Warrington in Cheshire, England, linking the modern town centre to St Elphin's Church, to the east.
Howley Bridge · 0.6 kmThe Howley Bridge is a pedestrian footbridge which spans the River Mersey in Warrington, England. It connects Howley in Warrington to Victoria Park in Latchford.
St Mary's Church, Warrington · 0.7 kmSt Mary's Church, or St Mary's Priory, is in the town centre of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Cathol…
Warrington · 0.7 kmWarrington is an industrial town in Cheshire, England. The town is the main settlement of the Borough of Warrington and sits on the banks of the River Mersey, with the town centre and its suburbs north of that river h…
Warrington Academy · 0.8 kmWarrington Academy, active as a teaching establishment from 1756 to 1782, was a prominent dissenting academy, that is, a school or college set up by those who dissented from the established Church of England. It was l…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Warrington?
- Warrington is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Warrington local authority.
- What is the population of Warrington?
- Warrington has an approximate settlement population of 172,330.
- How deprived is Warrington?
- The Warrington local authority, which includes Warrington, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.