Cronton

10°CClear

• Today: 13° / 7° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:33

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

45 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Vehicle crime5
• Other theft4

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Whiston and Cronton · Merseyside

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

181 reported road collisions (2025)

28 killed or seriously injured · 215 casualties · 11.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

206 food businesses within 2 miles

• 164 rated 4–5 ★ (141 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

£191,550 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Knowsley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£858 average monthly rent▲ 11.4% YoY

• 1 bed £601
• 2 bed £767
• 3 bed £929

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

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

1,606 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

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

18 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,469
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,795
• Net moves+1,674

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 17 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

40% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Knowsley

125 CQC-registered services

• Care homes29
• 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)

73 applications decided

97.3% granted · 71 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

141 jobs advertised · £38,923 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Sheet Metal Worker, Class 1 Driver New Pass

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% 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

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 24% · Imports 3%

96 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

17 GP surgeries · 15 pharmacies in WA8

• Bevan Group Practice
• Fir Park Medical Centre
• The Beeches Medical Ctr

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Widnes and Halewood:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth354 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND154 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK141 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately130 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after110 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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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)