# L35 9JQ: area report for a postcode in St. Helens

L35 9JQ 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 L35 9JQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) › [L35](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l35) › [L35 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l35-9)

## Around this postcode

- **5 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 17% on July. St. Helens 023C: 70 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **Rainhill, 800 m**: About 10 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **No property in L35 9JQ 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=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, St. Helens 023C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **£185,154 average price**: For the whole of St. Helens, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 190 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at L35 9JQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **Low road and rail noise at L35 9JQ**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ
- **13.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-edmund-arrowsmith-catholic-academy-e148534) | Secondary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 32.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Longton Lane Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/longton-lane-community-primary-school-e104777) | Primary | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Ann's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-anns-church-of-england-primary-school-e142154) | Primary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 75% 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 | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Whiston Willis Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whiston-willis-primary-academy-e145613) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), January 2024 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-leos-and-southmead-catholic-primary-school-serving-the-community-e104475) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rainhill Community Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rainhill-community-nursery-e131447) | Nursery | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Prescot Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/prescot-primary-school-e151259) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2022, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £250,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| April 2026 | £260,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| December 2025 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| October 2024 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| April 2026 | £288,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| July 2025 | £310,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| August 2025 | £205,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| October 2025 | £330,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Rainhill (800 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: LONGTON MEDICAL CENTRE (550 m)
- Pharmacies: RAINHILL PHARMACY (550 m); LONGSTERS PHARMACY (840 m)
- Dental practices: BARKER AND SCOTT DENTAL SURGERY (550 m); DENTAL SURGERY (900 m)
- Supermarkets: Asda Warrington Road Express Petrol (190 m, Asda); Morrisons Daily Rainhill Warrington Road (200 m, Morrisons); M&S Whiston Hospital Food To Go (590 m, Marks and Spencer); Co-op Rainhill - Warrington Road (890 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £185,154** (July 2026). St. Helens’s average house price was £185,154 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 7.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 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 16 September 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 023C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.7** (2025). St. Helens 023C has a deprivation score of 11.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,762nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £227,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St. Helens 023C was £227,500 in 2025. Joint 9,230th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,605** (2021). St. Helens 023C had 1,605 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 17,853rd 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: 97.5%** (January 2026). In St. Helens 023C, 97.5% 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.

## L35 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in L35 was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 517th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 30,704** (2021). L35 had 30,704 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 884th most 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: 61%** (2022). About 61% of people in L35 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: 97.7%** (January 2026). In L35, 97.7% 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: 53.4181, -2.7783

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), July 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=-2.7783,53.4181,L359JQ

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