WA10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St Helens, Eccleston and Newtown, in St. Helens.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WA10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WA10, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WA10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WA10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA10 at a rate of 128.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 473 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,149), other crime (1,037) and anti-social behaviour (580).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA10 was 127.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in WA10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA10 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WA10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helens 007A | 1,287 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| St. Helens 007B | 1,478 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 007C | 1,520 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 007D | 1,723 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 007E | 1,278 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| St. Helens 007F | 1,794 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| St. Helens 009A | 1,507 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| St. Helens 009B | 1,324 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 009C | 1,233 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 009D | 1,477 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.6% |
| St. Helens 012A | 1,693 | 577.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.2% |
| St. Helens 012B | 1,276 | 288.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 012C | 1,564 | 433.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| St. Helens 012D | 1,355 | 185.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 012E | 1,430 | 172.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| St. Helens 014B | 1,425 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| St. Helens 014C | 1,587 | 536.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.4% |
| St. Helens 016A | 1,359 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| St. Helens 016B | 2,065 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| St. Helens 016C | 1,323 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| St. Helens 016D | 1,379 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 016E | 1,284 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 016F | 1,455 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 016G | 1,641 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 018A | 1,201 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| St. Helens 018D | 1,706 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| St. Helens 024A | 1,440 | 147.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| St. Helens 025A | 1,599 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
MPs for WA10
- Ms Marie RimmerLabourMP for St Helens South and Whiston75% of WA10’s postcodes
- David BainesLabourMP for St Helens North25% of WA10’s postcodes
- Anneliese MidgleyLabourMP for Knowsley0.2% of WA10’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in WA105
Postcode sectors in WA107
Council1
Towns in WA101
Postcode districts next to WA105
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WA postcode area2
WA10 in brief
WA10 is a postcode district covering St Helens, Eccleston and Newtown, in St. Helens.
About 41,634 people lived in WA10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 538 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 128.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WA10 was £180,000 in 2025.
WA10 had 40,348 usual residents at the census.
In WA10, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WA10, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.