# WA9 5GR: area report for a postcode in St. Helens

WA9 5GR is a postcode in St. Helens.

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 St. Helens. Open the map at WA9 5GR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) › [WA9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa9) › [WA9 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wa9-5)

## Around this postcode

- **23 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 44% on July. St. Helens 024E: 488 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **Lea Green, 1.3 km**: About 16 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **No property in WA9 5GR listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, St. Helens 024E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **£185,154 average price**: For the whole of St. Helens, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WA9 5GR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **Moderate road and rail noise at WA9 5GR**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% 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=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR
- **13.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Robins Lane Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/robins-lane-community-primary-school-e104762) | Primary | 240 m (3 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2024 | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Eaves Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eaves-primary-school-e104770) | Primary | 920 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Anne's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-annes-catholic-primary-school-e104805) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2022 | 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Allanson Street Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/allanson-street-primary-school-e104758) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sherdley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sherdley-primary-school-e104769) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sutton Oak CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sutton-oak-cofe-primary-school-e104791) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Sutton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-sutton-academy-e136141) | Secondary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 45.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-cuthberts-catholic-academy-e152596) | Secondary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2022 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2023 | £305,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| July 2026 | £87,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| May 2025 | £230,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| July 2025 | £220,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| September 2025 | £210,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| August 2025 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| July 2024 | £183,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| April 2026 | £150,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE (290 m)
- Pharmacies: IPHARM (620 m); CLARKS PHARMACY (630 m); TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (910 m); BOOTS (930 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Sherdley (500 m, Morrisons); Asda Sherdley Park Express Petrol (660 m, Asda); Morrisons Sutton St Helens (730 m, Morrisons)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £185,154** (July 2026). St. Helens’s average house price was £185,154 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 7.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,306** (2025). Full-time workers living in St. Helens earned a median of £37,306 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 136th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.0×** (2025). A home in St. Helens costs 5.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 43rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 29.0** (2025). St. Helens has a deprivation score of 29.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 46th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## St. Helens 024E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 42.3** (2025). St. Helens 024E has a deprivation score of 42.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,983rd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £289,995** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St. Helens 024E was £289,995 in 2025. Joint 15,245th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,698** (2021). St. Helens 024E had 1,698 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,616th 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: 96.1%** (January 2026). In St. Helens 024E, 96.1% 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.

## WA9 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £183,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WA9 was £183,750 in 2025. 274th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 52,793** (2021). WA9 had 52,793 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 165th 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: 91%** (2022). About 91% of people in WA9 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: 98.1%** (January 2026). In WA9, 98.1% 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: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens)
- Centre: 53.4385, -2.7229

Council: [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [St Helens South and Whiston](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/st-helens-south-and-whiston): Ms Marie Rimmer (Labour), 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), July 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=-2.7229,53.4385,WA95GR

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