St Helens (St. Helens)

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:35

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

533 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences200
• Shoplifting86
• Anti-social behaviour72
• Public order58

174 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Town Centre · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 385 rated 4–5 ★ (291 top)
• 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: St Helens Central (0.9 km)
• 49 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 · Esso (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (11.4 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-St Helens (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds11

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
• 19 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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies13
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés44

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

519 jobs advertised · £37,394 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver, Production Welder, Client Manager

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

19 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in WA9

• St Helens Scott Clinic - Bcss Inpatient Unit
• Rainbow Medical Centre
• Berrymead Family Med.Ctr.

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Helens South and Whiston:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth284 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND206 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK133 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills106 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately97 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  St Helens South and Whiston · 0.4 km

  St. Helens South and Whiston is a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Marie Rimmer of the Labour Party.

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  St Helens South · 0.4 km

  St Helens South was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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  World of Glass, St Helens · 0.5 km

  The World of Glass is a local museum and visitor centre in St Helens, Merseyside, England. The museum is dedicated to the local history of the town and borough primarily through the lens of the glass industry but also…

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  BrewDog Stadium · 0.6 km

  BrewDog Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in St Helens, Merseyside, England. Previously known as the Totally Wicked Stadium between 2017 and 2025, and as Langtree Park between 2012 and 2017, it has a capacity of 18,0…

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  St Helens Minster · 0.7 km

  St Helens Minster, formerly known as the Church of St Helen, is an Anglican church located in, St Helens, Merseyside, England. A chapel has been on the site since at least the 16th century. The chapel was doubled in s…

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  St Helens Central railway station · 0.9 km

  St Helens Central railway station is a railway station serving the town of St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is on the Liverpool to Wigan Line from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western. The station is managed…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)