WA12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newton-le-Willows, Wargrave and Earlestown, 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 WA12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WA12, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WA12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WA12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA12 at a rate of 79.4 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 180 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (924), other crime (400) and shoplifting (211).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA12 was 88.2 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 WA12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA12 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WA12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helens 010A | 1,719 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| St. Helens 010B | 2,106 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 010C | 1,518 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 010D | 1,571 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| St. Helens 013A | 1,646 | 275.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.9% |
| St. Helens 013B | 1,914 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| St. Helens 013D | 1,290 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| St. Helens 013E | 1,714 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.3% |
| St. Helens 015A | 1,526 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| St. Helens 015B | 1,409 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| St. Helens 015C | 1,527 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 015D | 1,682 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.4% |
| St. Helens 015E | 1,536 | 110.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| St. Helens 015F | 1,965 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.8% |
| St. Helens 015G | 2,240 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
MPs for WA12
- David BainesLabourMP for St Helens North99% of WA12’s postcodes
- Jo PlattLabour (Co-op)MP for Leigh and Atherton0.6% of WA12’s postcodes
- Charlotte NicholsLabourMP for Warrington North0.2% of WA12’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 WA123
Postcode sectors in WA124
Council1
Towns in WA121
Postcode districts next to WA124
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WA postcode area2
WA12 in brief
WA12 is a postcode district covering Newton-le-Willows, Wargrave and Earlestown, in St. Helens.
About 26,409 people lived in WA12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 338 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WA12 was £210,000 in 2025.
WA12 had 25,365 usual residents at the census.
In WA12, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WA12, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.