Cronton

17°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

50 reported · July 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences24
• Public order6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Other theft5

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Whiston and Cronton · Merseyside

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

185 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 226 casualties · 12 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

202 food businesses within 2 miles

• 166 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hough Green (2.2 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£189,116 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across Knowsley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£844 average monthly rent▲ 10.4% YoY

• 1 bed £592
• 2 bed £754
• 3 bed £914

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

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Appleton Village 1 (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,519 residents in Knowsley · 1,787/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 3 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

47% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,488 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 71,760)

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

62 schools · 21,497 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 21 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

60inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Knowsley

124 CQC-registered services

• Care homes27
• GP practices25
• Dentists27
• Homecare agencies24
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Knowsley

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

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

67 applications decided

98.5% granted · 66 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Derek Twigg

Labour

Widnes and Halewood

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 24
• LD 3
• Grn 8
• Ref 4
• Oth 6

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

129 jobs advertised · £39,410 avg

e.g. Catering Supervisor, Senior Authorised Person, Purchase ledger administrator

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,287 disposable income per head (2024)

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

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 83,013 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Nuclear 22% · Wind 22% · Imports 3%

208 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.9 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.7 women · 54 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Widnes and Halewood:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office395 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth353 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership349 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test294 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Cronton · 0.3 km

  Cronton is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, in England. The village is surrounded by green belt land. Over the county border in Cheshire, Widnes town centre is 2.3 mi…

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  Tower College · 1.9 km

  Tower College is an English independent non-denominational Christian school for boys and girls aged 3–16.

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  Ormiston Chadwick Academy · 2.0 km

  Ormiston Chadwick Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Widnes, Cheshire.

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  St Bartholomew's Church, Rainhill · 2.1 km

  St Bartholomew's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rainhill, Merseyside. It was built in 1838–40 in the style of the Church of San Bartholomew on the Island in Rome. Grade II listed, it is situated on the A5…

• Rainhill High School · 2.1 km

  Rainhill High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Rainhill, Merseyside, England.

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  Hough Green railway station · 2.2 km

  Hough Green railway station is a railway station to the west of Widnes in Halton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The station is on…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)