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 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 South
- 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
17°COvercast
- Today: 23° / 16° · 36% rain
- Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:31
12h 50m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
26US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom
Crime
434 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences185
- Public order57
- Anti-social behaviour45
- Shoplifting32
76 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Fairfield and Howley · Cheshire
Local policing priorities
- What can be done about the influx of illegal cigarettes, vape shops and other traders that are having a detrimental effect on the communi…
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
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 351 rated 4–5 ★ (268 top)
- 33 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
£259,398 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 · BP (11.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (11.4 km)
27 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)
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
- In a conservation area (Church Street)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 125 listed buildings 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
- Schools15
- GPs & clinics10
- Pharmacies10
- Supermarkets15
- Parks & greens26
- Restaurants & cafés113
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
10,295 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
3,056 jobs advertised · £42,791 avg
e.g. Roadside Technician - North West, Out of Hours Utilities Scheduler, Commissioning Engineer
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
84% low-carbon electricity
Wind 54% · Nuclear 30% · Gas 12% · Imports 4%
47 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
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 around the average in England on the IoD2019.