WA2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Warrington, Blackbrook and Hulme, in Warrington.
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 WA2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WA2, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WA2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WA2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA2 at a rate of 104.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 379 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,210), other crime (949) and anti-social behaviour (329).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA2 was 104.2 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 WA2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA2 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WA2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington 003B | 2,416 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.1% |
| Warrington 006A | 1,720 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 006B | 1,484 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 006C | 1,798 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 006D | 1,563 | 138.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Warrington 006E | 1,505 | 229.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Warrington 007A | 1,339 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 007B | 1,328 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Warrington 007C | 1,210 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Warrington 007D | 1,383 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Warrington 007E | 1,325 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.0% |
| Warrington 007F | 1,462 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| Warrington 008A | 1,561 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Warrington 008B | 1,392 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Warrington 008C | 1,496 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Warrington 008D | 1,521 | 95.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Warrington 008E | 1,638 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Warrington 008F | 1,601 | 128.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Warrington 011B | 1,643 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.0% |
| Warrington 011C | 1,628 | 144.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.5% |
| Warrington 011D | 1,405 | 123.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 011E | 1,489 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 011F | 1,504 | 127.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Warrington 017F | 2,407 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.0% |
| Warrington 017G | 1,111 | 142.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Warrington 018C | 1,631 | 130.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.0% |
MPs for WA2
- Charlotte NicholsLabourMP for Warrington North92% of WA2’s postcodes
- Sarah HallLabour (Co-op)MP for Warrington South8.3% of WA2’s postcodes
- David BainesLabourMP for St Helens North0.1% of WA2’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 WA24
Postcode sectors in WA24
Council1
Towns in WA21
Postcode districts next to WA24
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WA postcode area2
WA2 in brief
WA2 is a postcode district covering Warrington, Blackbrook and Hulme, in Warrington.
About 42,109 people lived in WA2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £187,500 in 2025 across 437 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 104.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WA2 was £187,500 in 2025.
WA2 had 41,762 usual residents at the census.
In WA2, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WA2, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.