# L34 2QN: area report for a postcode in St. Helens

L34 2QN is a postcode in St. Helens.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of St. Helens. Open the map at L34 2QN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) › [L34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l34) › [L34 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l34-2)

## Around this postcode

- **6 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 33% on July. St. Helens 018C: 27 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **Eccleston Park, 650 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **No property in L34 2QN listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, St. Helens 018C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **£186,445 average price**: For the whole of St. Helens, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at L34 2QN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **Low road and rail noise at L34 2QN**: Road 47 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN
- **12.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eccleston-lane-ends-primary-school-e104788) | Primary | 130 m (2 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Evelyn Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/evelyn-community-primary-school-e104446) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Prescot Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prescot-primary-school-e151259) | Primary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2022, before the school changed | – |
| [Our Lady's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-ladys-catholic-primary-school-e104459) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2023 | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Luke's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-lukes-catholic-primary-school-e104460) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Prescot School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-prescot-school-e142798) | Secondary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 35.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-and-st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-e104453) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Longton Lane Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longton-lane-community-primary-school-e104777) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £582,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| November 2025 | £499,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| August 2024 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| March 2026 | £245,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| November 2025 | £275,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| November 2025 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| February 2026 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 230 m |
| March 2025 | £142,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 240 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Eccleston Park (650 m, 8 minutes on foot)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Warrington Road (740 m, Morrisons); M&S Prescot Cables Simply Food (990 m, Marks and Spencer)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £186,445** (August 2026). St. Helens’s average house price was £186,445 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 5.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,306** (2025). Full-time workers living in St. Helens earned a median of £37,306 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 136th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.0×** (2025). A home in St. Helens costs 5.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 43rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 29.0** (2025). St. Helens has a deprivation score of 29.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 46th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## St. Helens 018C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 4.6** (2025). St. Helens 018C has a deprivation score of 4.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,377th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £250,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St. Helens 018C was £250,000 in 2025. Joint 11,433rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,130** (2021). St. Helens 018C had 2,130 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 3,580th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.1%** (January 2026). In St. Helens 018C, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## L34 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £240,555** (2025). The median price paid for a home in L34 was £240,555 in 2025. 686th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 13,439** (2021). L34 had 13,439 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 925th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 66%** (2022). About 66% of people in L34 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.5%** (January 2026). In L34, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)
- Centre: 53.4328, -2.7893

Council: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [St Helens South and Whiston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-south-and-whiston): Ms Marie Rimmer (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.7893,53.4328,L342QN

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