Newton-le-Willows

14°CFog

• Today: 20° / 14° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

44 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Shoplifting10
• Public order5
• Anti-social behaviour2

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newton East · Merseyside

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

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)

221 food businesses within 2 miles

• 167 rated 4–5 ★ (130 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newton-le-Willows (0.9 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£186,435 average▲ 11.1% YoY

Across St. Helens · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (7.6 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Newton Le Willows (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£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

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)

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

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

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

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

117 applications decided

96.6% granted · 113 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,510 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

112 jobs advertised · £36,629 avg

e.g. AVON Representatives wanted in Newton le Willows, Merseyside, England – start today, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Newton-le-Willows – Flexible Schedule, Teaching Assistant - EYFS

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Helens North:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership530 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office488 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s317 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test312 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 267 local signatures · 10,809 nationwide

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

• Parkside Colliery · 0.2 km

  Parkside Colliery was a coal mine in Newton-le-Willows, in the historic county of Lancashire, but from 1974, until its closure in 1993, it was in Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in the metropolitan county of Mersey…

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  Lowton railway station · 0.9 km

  Lowton railway station served the village named Town of Lowton to the east of Newton-le-Willows and south of Golborne.

• Parkside railway station (Merseyside) · 1.0 km

  Parkside railway station was an original station on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It then became the interchange station between lines when the Wigan Branch Railway opened in 1832, moving to the physical junct…

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  Cumfybus · 1.0 km

  Cumfybus is a bus company based in Southport, Merseyside.

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  Red Bank Secure Children's Home · 1.0 km

  Red Bank Secure Unit, part of Red Bank Community Home, was one of several English Local Authority Secure Children's Homes located in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside. It opened in 1965, when it was one of three such unit…

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  Newton-le-Willows railway station · 1.0 km

  Newton-le-Willows railway station is a railway station in the town of Newton-le-Willows, in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, and at the edge of the Merseytravel region. The station is branded Merseyrail. The sta…

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