# WA10

Postcode district covering St Helens, Eccleston and Newtown, in St. Helens.

WA10 is a postcode district covering St Helens, Eccleston and Newtown, in St. Helens. Median sale price £180,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 128.7 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WA10. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £180,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WA10 was £180,000 in 2025. Joint 239th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 40,348** (2021). WA10 had 40,348 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 446th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 94%** (2022). About 94% of people in WA10 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.0%** (January 2026). In WA10, 97.0% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WA10) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 94% of people in WA10 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=WA10) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 538 homes were sold in WA10 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WA10) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WA10.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WA10) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WA10 had 40,348 usual residents at the census.

## How WA10 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | WA10 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £180,000 | cheapest | 16 postcode districts, WA · 2025 |
| Population | 40,348 | 9th most populated | 17 postcode districts, WA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 94% | most people in radon Affected Areas | 17 postcode districts, WA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.0% | 4th highest | 17 postcode districts, WA · Jan 2026 |

## 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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in WA10

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St. Helens 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006914) | 1,287 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| [St. Helens 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006915) | 1,478 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006916) | 1,520 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [St. Helens 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006917) | 1,723 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006918) | 1,278 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| [St. Helens 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006919) | 1,794 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| [St. Helens 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006822) | 1,507 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| [St. Helens 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006823) | 1,324 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006824) | 1,233 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006825) | 1,477 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.6% |
| [St. Helens 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006832) | 1,693 | 577.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.2% |
| [St. Helens 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006834) | 1,276 | 288.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [St. Helens 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006877) | 1,564 | 433.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [St. Helens 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006880) | 1,355 | 185.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [St. Helens 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006881) | 1,430 | 172.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| [St. Helens 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006870) | 1,425 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| [St. Helens 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006872) | 1,587 | 536.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.4% |
| [St. Helens 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006831) | 1,359 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| [St. Helens 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006833) | 2,065 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| [St. Helens 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006835) | 1,323 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| [St. Helens 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006876) | 1,379 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006878) | 1,284 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006879) | 1,455 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 016G](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006904) | 1,641 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [St. Helens 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006826) | 1,201 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [St. Helens 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006829) | 1,706 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| [St. Helens 024A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006903) | 1,440 | 147.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| [St. Helens 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006830) | 1,599 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |

## 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. 75% of the people here.
- [St Helens North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-north): David Baines (Labour), MP since July 2024. 25% of the people here.
- [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/knowsley): Anneliese Midgley (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in WA10

[Eccleston](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/eccleston), [Eccleston Park](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/eccleston-park), [Town Centre West](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/town-centre-west), [West Park](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/west-park), [Windle & Denton's Green](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/windle-and-dentons-green)

## Postcode sectors in WA10

[WA10 1 (160 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10-1), [WA10 2 (196 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10-2), [WA10 3 (243 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10-3), [WA10 4 (202 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10-4), [WA10 5 (195 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10-5), [WA10 6 (226 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10-6), [WA10 9 (52 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10-9)

## Council

[St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)

## Towns in WA10

[St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-helens)

## Postcode districts next to WA10

[L33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l33), [L34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l34), [L36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l36), [WA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa9), [WA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11)

## Nearest rail stations

[St Helens Central (1.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7303,53.4531), [Thatto Heath (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7594,53.4366), [Eccleston Park (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7800,53.4308), [Lea Green (3.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7250,53.4268)

## More in the WA postcode area

[All WA postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 94% of people in WA10 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WA10, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WA10
- Postcode area: [WA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa)
- Constituency: [St Helens South and Whiston †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-south-and-whiston)
- Council: [St. Helens †](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)
- Area: 18.49 km²
- People, mid-2024: 41,634*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 139

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[L34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l34), [WA11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11), [WA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa9), [L33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l33), [L36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l36)

## Latest updates for WA10

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WA10

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10#f-house-sales-median-price.

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