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WA4

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Warrington and Westy, 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 WA4 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In WA4, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£325,000
924th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
49,337
223rd most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How WA4 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

WA4Middle
Median sale price16 postcode districts, WA · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in WA16 areas from £180,000 to £530,000. The middle area is £240,000. WA4 is £325,000.
£325,0005th most expensive
Population17 postcode districts, WA · 2021
Population: every postcode district in WA17 areas from 273 to 63,862. The middle area is 40,348. WA4 is 49,337.
49,3375th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage17 postcode districts, WA · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in WA17 areas from 73.4% to 99.3%. The middle area is 95.4%. WA4 is 94.6%.
94.6%joint 5th lowest
Claimant rate16 postcode districts, WA · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in WA16 areas from 1.3% to 4.7%. The middle area is 2.8%. WA4 is 2.1%.
2.1%6th lowest

Is WA4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA4 at a rate of 56.1 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 378 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA4.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,201), other crime (585) and anti-social behaviour (302).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA4 was 59.1 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 WA4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA4 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in WA4

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Halton 009C1,06754.6 per 1,000892.0%
Warrington 017D2,23292.4 per 1,000492.4%
Warrington 017E1,604101.7 per 1,000399.9%
Warrington 018D2,23469.9 per 1,000998.6%
Warrington 018E1,50451.5 per 1,000994.3%
Warrington 020B1,40382.7 per 1,000499.9%
Warrington 020C1,59982.8 per 1,000292.4%
Warrington 020D1,83795.1 per 1,000393.5%
Warrington 020E1,69882.5 per 1,0002100.0%
Warrington 020F1,72650.8 per 1,000789.4%
Warrington 020G1,404110.2 per 1,000485.8%
Warrington 022A1,55039.4 per 1,000897.0%
Warrington 022B1,45024.1 per 1,0001089.6%
Warrington 022C1,51337.8 per 1,0001099.7%
Warrington 022D1,85328.7 per 1,0001097.6%
Warrington 022E1,41922.7 per 1,00010100.0%
Warrington 023A1,40146.0 per 1,0001094.9%
Warrington 023B1,51235.6 per 1,000699.8%
Warrington 023C1,51880.8 per 1,000894.7%
Warrington 023D1,69741.5 per 1,0001099.6%
Warrington 023E1,55328.3 per 1,0001099.8%
Warrington 023F1,46922.3 per 1,000898.4%
Warrington 024A1,62835.4 per 1,000988.3%
Warrington 024B1,85632.7 per 1,000990.3%
Warrington 024C1,56881.8 per 1,000992.9%
Warrington 024D1,79441.8 per 1,000992.7%
Warrington 025A1,31527.4 per 1,0001099.2%
Warrington 025B1,36125.5 per 1,0001099.8%
Warrington 025C1,39516.2 per 1,0001096.0%
Warrington 025D1,74433.0 per 1,0001098.8%

MPs for WA4

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 WA46

Postcode sectors in WA47

Council1

Towns in WA41

Postcode districts next to WA47

Nearest rail stations3

More in the WA postcode area2

WA4 in brief

WA4 is a postcode district covering Warrington and Westy, in Warrington.

About 50,721 people lived in WA4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 931 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in WA4 was £325,000 in 2025.

WA4 had 49,337 usual residents at the census.

In WA4, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In WA4, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.