Rainford

15°CMist

• Today: 20° / 15° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

12 reported · July 2026▼ 59% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Other crime2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Rainford · 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)

95 food businesses within 2 miles

• 86 rated 4–5 ★ (82 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rainford (1.7 km)
• 40 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: 155.9p · BP (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (10.7 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Robert Pinkus & Co. (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches16
• 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

• In a conservation area (Rainford)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 9 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

David Baines

Labour

St Helens North

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,510 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

8 jobs advertised · £27,595 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Male Support Worker, Chef

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 31% · Gas 8% · Imports 6%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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

• Rainford Village railway station · 0.1 km

  Rainford Village railway station was on the railway line from St Helens to Rainford Junction, then Ormskirk, England.

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  Rainford · 0.4 km

  Rainford is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of St Helens. At the 2011 Census, the population was 7,779.

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  Rainford High School · 0.8 km

  Rainford High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Rainford, Merseyside, England. It first opened in 1940 and continues to serve the communities of St Helens, West Lancashire, Wigan and…

• Rookery railway station · 1.0 km

  Rookery railway station was on the St Helens to Rainford Junction then Ormskirk line southeast of Rainford, England.

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  A570 road · 1.3 km

  The A570 is a road in north-west England. A 1994 statutory instrument refers to it as the "A570 St. Helens-Ormskirk-Southport Trunk Road". In St Helens, the A570 St Helens Linkway connects St Helens town centre to the…

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  Rainford railway station · 1.6 km

  Rainford railway station is situated to the north of the village of Rainford, in Merseyside, England; it is a stop on the Kirkby branch line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Trains.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)