WA9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St Helens, Sutton and Clock Face, in St. Helens.
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 WA9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WA9, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WA9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WA9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WA9 at a rate of 118.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 606 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WA9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,689), other crime (1,115) and shoplifting (575).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WA9 was 111.1 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 WA9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WA9 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WA9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helens 011A | 1,738 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| St. Helens 011B | 1,492 | 150.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 011C | 1,482 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 011D | 1,716 | 126.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 014A | 1,771 | 143.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| St. Helens 014D | 1,519 | 178.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| St. Helens 014E | 1,372 | 259.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| St. Helens 017A | 1,753 | 160.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 017B | 1,452 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 017C | 1,342 | 209.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| St. Helens 017D | 2,163 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| St. Helens 018B | 1,537 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 020A | 1,618 | 164.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 020B | 1,437 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| St. Helens 020C | 1,982 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| St. Helens 020D | 1,279 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 020E | 1,444 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 020F | 1,460 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| St. Helens 020G | 1,471 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 022A | 1,739 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 70.0% |
| St. Helens 022C | 1,321 | 116.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 022D | 1,321 | 173.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| St. Helens 022E | 1,877 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| St. Helens 022F | 1,446 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 022G | 1,487 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.5% |
| St. Helens 022H | 1,660 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 024B | 1,319 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 024C | 1,572 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| St. Helens 024D | 1,446 | 126.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| St. Helens 024E | 1,698 | 487.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| St. Helens 025B | 1,522 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 025C | 1,851 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 025D | 2,824 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.3% |
MPs for WA9
- Ms Marie RimmerLabourMP for St Helens South and Whiston79% of WA9’s postcodes
- David BainesLabourMP for St Helens North21% of WA9’s postcodes
- Charlotte NicholsLabourMP for Warrington North0.2% of WA9’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 WA97
Postcode sectors in WA95
Council1
Towns in WA91
Postcode districts next to WA96
Nearest rail stations4
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WA9 in brief
WA9 is a postcode district covering St Helens, Sutton and Clock Face, in St. Helens.
About 55,226 people lived in WA9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £183,750 in 2025 across 740 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 118.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WA9 was £183,750 in 2025.
WA9 had 52,793 usual residents at the census.
In WA9, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WA9, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.