# WA11

Postcode district covering Rainford, Haydock and St Helens, in St. Helens.

WA11 is a postcode district covering Rainford, Haydock and St Helens, in St. Helens. Median sale price £185,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 67.9 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WA11. 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 WA11 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £185,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WA11 was £185,000 in 2025. Joint 278th 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/wa11#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 39,991** (2021). WA11 had 39,991 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 457th 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/wa11#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 80%** (2022). About 80% of people in WA11 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/wa11#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.2%** (January 2026). In WA11, 96.2% 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/wa11#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WA11) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 80% of people in WA11 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=WA11) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 464 homes were sold in WA11 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WA11) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WA11.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WA11) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WA11 had 39,991 usual residents at the census.

## How WA11 compares

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

| Measure | WA11 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £185,000 | 4th cheapest | 16 postcode districts, WA · 2025 |
| Population | 39,991 | 8th least populated | 17 postcode districts, WA · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 80% | 4th most people in radon Affected Areas | 17 postcode districts, WA · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.2% | 7th highest | 17 postcode districts, WA · Jan 2026 |

## Is WA11 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA11 at a rate of 67.9 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 232 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA11.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,254), other crime (499) and anti-social behaviour (273).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA11 was 73.8 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 WA11, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA11 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in WA11

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St. Helens 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006882) | 1,182 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| [St. Helens 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006883) | 1,379 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.7% |
| [St. Helens 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006884) | 1,389 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| [St. Helens 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006885) | 1,309 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 47.8% |
| [St. Helens 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006886) | 1,244 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% |
| [St. Helens 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006887) | 1,344 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [St. Helens 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006803) | 1,399 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.2% |
| [St. Helens 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006849) | 1,467 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006850) | 1,593 | 159.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| [St. Helens 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006851) | 1,333 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [St. Helens 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006852) | 1,249 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [St. Helens 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006853) | 1,703 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| [St. Helens 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006854) | 1,423 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [St. Helens 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006855) | 1,504 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| [St. Helens 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006836) | 1,423 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [St. Helens 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006839) | 1,271 | 135.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| [St. Helens 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006840) | 1,420 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
| [St. Helens 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006842) | 1,651 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| [St. Helens 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006837) | 1,557 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| [St. Helens 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006838) | 1,446 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006841) | 1,567 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006843) | 1,228 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [St. Helens 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006810) | 1,153 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006811) | 1,312 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [St. Helens 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006812) | 1,471 | 140.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006813) | 1,450 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [St. Helens 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006814) | 1,423 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [St. Helens 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006815) | 1,245 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [St. Helens 008G](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/neighbourhood/e01006818) | 1,205 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [St Helens North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-north): David Baines (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-lancashire): Ashley Dalton (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.
- [St Helens South and Whiston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-south-and-whiston): Ms Marie Rimmer (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% 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 WA11

[Blackbrook](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/blackbrook), [Haydock East](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/haydock-east), [Haydock West](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/haydock-west), [Moss Bank](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/moss-bank), [Rainford](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens/rainford)

## Postcode sectors in WA11

[WA11 0 (330 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11-0), [WA11 7 (216 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11-7), [WA11 8 (218 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11-8), [WA11 9 (267 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in WA11

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

## Postcode districts next to WA11

[L33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l33), [L39](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l39), [WA3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa3), [WA5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa5), [WA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa9), [WA10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10), [WA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa12), [WN4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4), [WN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn5), [WN8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8)

## Nearest rail stations

[Rainford (2.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7895,53.5171), [Upholland (4.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7414,53.5284), [St Helens Central (5.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7303,53.4531), [Orrell (5.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.7088,53.5303)

## 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)

## WA11 in brief

WA11 is a postcode district covering Rainford, Haydock and St Helens, in St. Helens.
About 40,520 people lived in WA11 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £185,000 in 2025 across 464 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WA11 was £185,000 in 2025.
WA11 had 39,991 usual residents at the census.
About 80% of people in WA11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WA11, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WA11
- Postcode area: [WA](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa)
- Constituency: [St Helens North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-north)
- Council: [St. Helens †](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)
- Area: 46.29 km²
- People, mid-2024: 40,520*
- Neighbourhoods: 29
- Output areas: 140

* 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

[WA10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa10), [WN4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn4), [WN5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn5), [WA12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa12), [L39](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l39), [WN8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wn8)

## Latest updates for WA11

- 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/WA11

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa11#f-house-sales-median-price.

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