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Warrington

Warrington is a town in Merseyside, England, with a population of around 172,330. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 24 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Sankey for Penketh, 1.8 km away. The average sold house price is around £296,898, and there were around 21 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Warrington area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the St. Helens area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 183,247 residents at roughly 1,344 people per km².

Council
St. Helens
County
Merseyside
Constituency
St Helens South and Whiston
Police force
Merseyside
36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 258th of 294 English council areas — better than 12% of them.

Low crime28
Home affordability87
Affordable rents77
Good schools8
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation13
Employment36
Low council tax60

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 17° / 12° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:41

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wigan Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

46 reported · July 2026 207% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences18
  • Vehicle crime10
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: Bold · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • Scrambler bikes and e-bikes being ridden anti-socially and causing fear and nuisance in the local community.
  • ASB in Abbotsfield Estate, Bold and theft of motor vehicles including motorbikes, scrambler bikes and e-bikes which are being ridden anti…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

114 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 93 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sankey for Penketh (1.8 km)
  • 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sankey for Penketh (1.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£186,435 average 11.1% YoY

Across St. Helens · to 2026-06

Detached£307,889
Semi-detached£201,913
Terraced£154,767
Flat£98,512

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

32 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

66 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Warrington West Railway Station (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,403 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 86,150)

A £1,602
B £1,869
C £2,136
D £2,403
E £2,937
F £3,472
G £4,006
H £4,807

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Rainhill High SchoolGood
  • The Sutton AcademyGood
  • De La Salle SchoolRequires improvement
  • Cowley International College
  • Hope Academy
  • Outwood Academy Haydock
  • Rainford High School
  • St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy
  • St Cuthbert's Catholic High School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

117 applications decided

96.6% granted · 113 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Ms Marie Rimmer

Labour

St Helens South and Whiston

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,510 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3,056 jobs advertised · £42,791 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - North West, Out of Hours Utilities Scheduler, Commissioning Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 77% · Nuclear 16% · Gas 6% · Imports 1%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Great Sankey High School · 0.9 km

    Great Sankey High School (GSHS) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is a member of the Omega Multi-Academy Trust (OMAT). The school was…

  • Bold Heath · 1.7 km

    Bold Heath is a hamlet and rural area in the civil parish of Bold in St Helens, Merseyside.

  • Sankey for Penketh railway station · 1.8 km

    Sankey for Penketh railway station, also known as just Sankey, is a railway station in the west of Warrington, Cheshire, England, serving the Great Sankey, Penketh and Whittle Hall areas of the town. The station, and…

  • Penketh · 1.8 km

    Penketh is a civil parish and suburb of Warrington in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Warrington town centre. It has a population of 8,699. It is in the histo…

  • Penketh High School · 2.2 km

    Penketh High School is a secondary school in Penketh, Warrington. It is a co-educational, non-denominational academy school for 11 to 16 year olds. It converted from comprehensive to academy status in April 2013. In A…

  • Omega Development Site · 2.2 km

    Omega is a property development site in Warrington, Cheshire comprising 226 hectares straddling the M62 motorway. The site comprises a large part of the former RAF/USAF Burtonwood airbase. A new junction on the M62 w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Warrington?
Warrington is a town in Merseyside, England, in the St. Helens local authority.
What is the population of Warrington?
Warrington has an approximate settlement population of 172,330.
How deprived is Warrington?
The St. Helens local authority, which includes Warrington, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.