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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 among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). 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
36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 258th of 294 English council areas — better than 12% of them.

Low crime28
Home affordability87
Affordable rents77
Good schools8
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation13
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

20°CCloudy

  • Today: 20° / 13° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

18 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Public order4
  • Vehicle crime4
  • Criminal damage & arson2

1 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

237 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 292 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

181 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 147 rated 4–5 ★ (113 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

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

£186,435 average 11.1% YoY

Across St. Helens · to 2026-06

Detached£307,889
Semi-detached£201,913
Terraced£154,767
Flat£98,512

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£802 average monthly rent 6.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £590
  • 2 bed £732
  • 3 bed £895

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11.9 km)

35 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)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 40 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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 · 26,828 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

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

70inspected 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 High School

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 · 4 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

117 applications decided

96.6% granted · 113 granted, 4 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

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 3
  • 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

5,510 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

11 jobs advertised · £32,344 avg

e.g. Class 2 HGV Driver, Become a Yoga Tutor in Burtonwood – Flexible & Remote, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Burtonwood – Flexible Schedule

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 53% · Wind 18% · Imports 12% · Gas 9%

40 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Warrington North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Burtonwood · 0.2 km

    Burtonwood 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 km

    Royal 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 km

    Burtonwood 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)

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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 among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.