WA6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Helsby, Kingsley and Overton, in Cheshire West and Chester.
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 WA6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WA6, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WA6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WA6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA6 at a rate of 41.6 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (370), other crime (190) and anti-social behaviour (94).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA6 was 45.5 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 WA6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA6 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WA6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire West and Chester 002A | 1,322 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 002B | 1,482 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 002C | 1,305 | 9.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.1% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 002D | 1,557 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.9% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 002E | 1,390 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 002F | 2,123 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.8% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 015A | 2,320 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 51.2% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 015B | 2,001 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.3% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 015C | 1,482 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 015D | 1,790 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| Cheshire West and Chester 015E | 2,005 | 17.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.2% |
MPs for WA6
- Sarah PochinReform UKMP for Runcorn and Helsby90% of WA6’s postcodes
- Aphra BrandrethConservativeMP for Chester South and Eddisbury9.9% of WA6’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 WA62
Postcode sectors in WA66
Council1
Towns in WA61
Postcode districts next to WA66
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WA postcode area2
WA6 in brief
WA6 is a postcode district covering Helsby, Kingsley and Overton, in Cheshire West and Chester.
About 19,741 people lived in WA6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 295 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 41.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WA6 was £300,000 in 2025.
WA6 had 19,476 usual residents at the census.
In WA6, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WA6, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.