# WA5 1BW: area report for a postcode in Warrington

WA5 1BW is a postcode in Warrington.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Warrington. Open the map at WA5 1BW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) › [WA5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa5) › [WA5 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa5-1)

## Around this postcode

- **7 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 50% on July. Warrington 018B: 65 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **Warrington Bank Quay, 1.3 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **50 of 52 properties in WA5 1BW at high risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Also 2 at medium risk. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Warrington 018B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **£259,224 average price**: For the whole of Warrington, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 850 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WA5 1BW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **Low road and rail noise at WA5 1BW**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW
- **13.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/evelyn-street-primary-academy-and-nursery-e143064) | Primary | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2024 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-catholic-primary-school-e111306) | Primary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), March 2024 | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Gregory's Catholic High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-gregorys-catholic-high-school-e111454) | Secondary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2024 | Attainment 8 of 53.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sankey-valley-st-james-church-of-england-primary-school-e133676) | Primary | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/warrington-st-barnabas-cofe-primary-school-e151976) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | – |
| [Great Sankey Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-sankey-primary-school-e144798) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Alban's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-catholic-primary-school-e111307) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Chapelford Village Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chapelford-village-primary-school-e145388) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £122,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| July 2023 | £121,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| April 2025 | £88,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| January 2026 | £154,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| June 2026 | £142,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| January 2026 | £174,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| February 2026 | £135,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| December 2025 | £210,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: HOOD MANOR PHARMACY (910 m)
- Supermarkets: Lidl Old Liverpool Road Warrington (850 m, Lidl); Morrisons Daily Warrington 2 Lovely Lane (900 m, Morrisons); Tesco Hood Manor Express (920 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £259,224** (August 2026). Warrington’s average house price was £259,224 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £40,380** (2025). Full-time workers living in Warrington earned a median of £40,380 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 131st highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.4×** (2025). A home in Warrington costs 6.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 122nd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 16.8** (2025). Warrington has a deprivation score of 16.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 121st least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Warrington 018B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 20.1** (2025). Warrington 018B has a deprivation score of 20.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 14,592nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £174,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Warrington 018B was £174,000 in 2025. Joint 4,171st cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,654** (2021). Warrington 018B had 2,654 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 556th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.3%** (January 2026). In Warrington 018B, 93.3% 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.

## WA5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £250,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WA5 was £250,000 in 2025. Joint 751st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 62,044** (2021). WA5 had 62,044 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 82nd 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 31%** (2022). About 31% of people in WA5 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.8%** (January 2026). In WA5, 96.8% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington)
- Centre: 53.3848, -2.6222

Council: [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Warrington South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/warrington-south): Sarah Hall (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.6222,53.3848,WA51BW

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