WA5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Warrington, Great Sankey and Penketh, 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 WA5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WA5, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WA5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WA5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA5 at a rate of 55.6 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 307 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,690), other crime (787) and anti-social behaviour (300).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA5 was 54.6 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 WA5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA5 has no single figure. Of its 40 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 13 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WA5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington 003A | 1,180 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 003C | 1,466 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.2% |
| Warrington 003D | 1,158 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Warrington 009A | 1,473 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| Warrington 009B | 2,251 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.3% |
| Warrington 009E | 1,263 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| Warrington 009F | 1,600 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Warrington 009G | 1,551 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Warrington 009H | 1,505 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Warrington 009I | 1,595 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Warrington 010A | 1,725 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| Warrington 010B | 1,304 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Warrington 010D | 2,078 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| Warrington 010E | 1,786 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Warrington 010F | 1,149 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Warrington 010G | 1,532 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 010H | 1,494 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| Warrington 013A | 1,858 | 128.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Warrington 013B | 2,606 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| Warrington 013C | 2,027 | 111.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.5% |
| Warrington 013D | 1,702 | 231.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Warrington 015A | 1,396 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Warrington 015B | 1,379 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 015C | 1,670 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 015D | 1,921 | 16.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Warrington 015E | 1,381 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.1% |
| Warrington 016A | 1,597 | 27.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.6% |
| Warrington 016B | 1,388 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 016C | 1,220 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Warrington 016D | 1,532 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Warrington 016E | 1,819 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 016F | 1,374 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Warrington 018B | 2,654 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| Warrington 018G | 1,620 | 213.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.6% |
| Warrington 019A | 1,486 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Warrington 019B | 1,173 | 16.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 019C | 1,409 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Warrington 019D | 1,337 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.4% |
| Warrington 019E | 1,501 | 12.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Warrington 019F | 1,320 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
MPs for WA5
- Sarah HallLabour (Co-op)MP for Warrington South79% of WA5’s postcodes
- Charlotte NicholsLabourMP for Warrington North21% of WA5’s postcodes
- Ms Marie RimmerLabourMP for St Helens South and Whiston0.2% of WA5’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 WA57
Postcode sectors in WA58
Council1
Towns in WA51
Postcode districts next to WA58
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WA postcode area2
WA5 in brief
WA5 is a postcode district covering Warrington, Great Sankey and Penketh, in Warrington.
About 64,383 people lived in WA5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 890 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WA5 was £250,000 in 2025.
WA5 had 62,044 usual residents at the census.
In WA5, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WA5, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.