Burtonwood
Burtonwood is a town in Merseyside, England, with a population of around 3,361. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 19 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is St Helens Junction, 2.5 km away. There were around 12 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 Burtonwood 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 South and Whiston
- Police force
- Merseyside
My Area Score
Challenged
Ranked 255th of 294 English council areas — better than 13% 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
9°CCloudy
- Today: 11° / 7° · 24% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:31
9h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
22US 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
12 reported · August 2026▼ 45% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences7
- Other theft1
- Robbery1
- Shoplifting1
1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft
Neighbourhood team: Burtonwood and Winwick · Cheshire
Local policing priorities
- Drug dealing and usage in residential addresses.
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
181 food businesses within 2 miles
- 145 rated 4–5 ★ (114 top)
- 11 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Earlestown (2.8 km)
- 25 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Earlestown (2.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£186,445 average▲ 5.1% YoY
Across St. Helens · to 2026-08
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 · BP (11.9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (11.9 km)
24 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
60 charging locations within ~8 km
- 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 300 kW
- Nearest: Burtonwood Supercharger (1.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches7
- Playgrounds3
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)
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
- 3 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
Charlotte Nichols
Labour
Warrington North
Recent votes:
- AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
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
- Schools2
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies1
- Parks & greens4
- Restaurants & cafés3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
5,695 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
5 jobs advertised · £37,138 avg
e.g. Registered Nurse (Nights), Warehouse Operative | Omega, Warehouse Team Leader
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
78% low-carbon electricity
Wind 53% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 19% · Imports 3%
77 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · 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
26 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in WA5
- Guardian Street Med/Ctr
- Penketh Health Centre
- Folly Lane Medical Centre
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
Burtonwood · 0.2 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…
- Collins Green railway station · 1.6 km
Collins Green railway station was a railway station in Burtonwood, Warrington, England. It was in operation between 1830 and 1951.
- Omega Development Site · 1.8 km
Omega is a property development site in Warrington, Cheshire comprising 226 hectares straddling the M62 motorway. The site comprises a large part of the former RAF/USAF Burtonwood airbase. A new junction on the M62 w…
RAF Burtonwood · 1.8 kmRoyal Air Force Burtonwood is a former Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces station that was located in Burtonwood, 2 miles (3.2 km) Northwest of Warrington in Cheshire, England. The base was opened in 19…
Burtonwood services · 2.0 kmBurtonwood services is a motorway service station on the M62 in Cheshire, near Warrington in England.
- Bold Power Station · 2.0 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…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Compare St. Helens with nearby areas
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Burtonwood?
- Burtonwood is a town in Merseyside, England, in the St. Helens local authority.
- What is the population of Burtonwood?
- Burtonwood has an approximate settlement population of 3,361.
- How deprived is Burtonwood?
- The St. Helens local authority, which includes Burtonwood, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.