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Billinge

Billinge is a town in Merseyside, England, with a population of around 5,896. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 18 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Garswood, 2.7 km away. There were around 23 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 Billinge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the St. Helens area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 183,247 residents at roughly 1,344 people per km².

Council
St. Helens
County
Merseyside
Constituency
St Helens North
Police force
Merseyside
36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 255th of 294 English council areas — better than 13% of them.

Low crime29
Home affordability87
Affordable rents76
Good schools8
Life expectancy3
Low deprivation23
Employment36
Low council tax60

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°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:34

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

19 reported · August 2026▲ 12% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Public order4
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Criminal damage & arson3

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Billinge and Seneley Green · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • Scrambler bikes and e-bikes causing anti-social behaviour over the summer months.
  • Scrambler and e-bikes use in the area for drug supply and causing anti-social behaviour

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

Road safety

244 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

83 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 73 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Garswood (2.6 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Garswood (2.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£186,445 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across St. Helens · to 2026-08

Detached£305,687
Semi-detached£201,418
Terraced£155,878
Flat£98,994

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£807 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £593
  • 2 bed £737
  • 3 bed £901

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,267 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 · Esso (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (9.9 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

56 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Atg Access LTD (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

183,247 residents in St. Helens · 1,344/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,728
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,418
  • Net moves+1,310

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 68 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,403 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 86,150)

A £1,602
B £1,869
C £2,136
D £2,403
E £2,937
F £3,472
G £4,006
H £4,807

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

Schools

79 schools · 25,931 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 22 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Rainhill High SchoolGood
  • The Sutton AcademyGood
  • De La Salle SchoolRequires improvement
  • Cowley International College
  • Hope Academy
  • Outwood Academy Haydock
  • Rainford High School
  • St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
  • St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · St. Helens

Care & health services

164 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes41
  • GP practices31
  • Dentists27
  • Homecare agencies40
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · St. Helens

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

109 applications decided

92.7% granted · 101 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

David Baines

Labour

St Helens North

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 4
  • Con 1
  • LD 3
  • Ref 34
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

18 jobs advertised · £34,853 avg

e.g. Labourer - Steel Cage Repair, 1:1 Tutor, Health Visitor (St Helens)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,753 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 92,695 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

69% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 26% · Gas 21% · Imports 10%

85 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81 yrs women · 77 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56 women · 55.7 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in WN5

  • Billinge Medical Practice
  • Bradshaw Medical Centre
  • Pemberton Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Helens North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Aidan's Church, Billinge · 0.4 km

    St Aidan's Church is in Main Street, Billinge, St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool. It was built in 1716–18 to replace a chapel of ease on the site, and w…

  • Billinge, Merseyside · 0.6 km

    Billinge is a village that is administratively divided between the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The village is split into two di…

  • Birchley Hall · 0.8 km

    Birchley Hall is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan house built in about 1594, in Billinge, Merseyside, England.

  • St Mary's Church, Billinge · 1.0 km

    St Mary's Church is an active Roman Catholic church along Birchley Road, Billinge, St Helens, Merseyside, England. Belonging to the archdiocese of Liverpool, the church was built in 1828, and extended later in that ce…

  • Billinge Hill · 1.2 km

    Billinge Hill is in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in North West England. With a maximum elevation of 179 m (587 ft), it is the highest point of Merseyside. It lies in Billinge, within the historic county bound…

  • St Helens North · 1.4 km

    St. Helens North is a constituency created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by the Labour Party's David Baines since 2024.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Billinge?
Billinge is a town in Merseyside, England, in the St. Helens local authority.
What is the population of Billinge?
Billinge has an approximate settlement population of 5,896.
How deprived is Billinge?
The St. Helens local authority, which includes Billinge, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.