Newton-le-Willows

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

• 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

28 reported · August 2026▼ 46% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Other theft5
• Drugs2
• Public order2

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newton East · Merseyside

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

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)

224 food businesses within 2 miles

• 166 rated 4–5 ★ (129 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

£186,445 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across St. Helens · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (7.4 km)

21 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)

• 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

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

£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 · 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)

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 · 6 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)

109 applications decided

92.7% granted · 101 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• 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)

5,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

91 jobs advertised · £37,639 avg

e.g. Room Leader, Hire and Sales Coordinator, Commercial Cleaners

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

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in WA12

• Patterdale Lodge Med Ctre
• Vista Road Surgery
• Newton Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Helens North:

• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 270 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth248 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND180 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants171 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• 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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