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

WA9 5XL 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 5XL 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

- **5 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 64% on July. St. Helens 025D: 48 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **Lea Green, 1.3 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 520 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **No property in WA9 5XL 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=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, St. Helens 025D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **£186,445 average price**: For the whole of St. Helens, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WA9 5XL**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **Low road and rail noise at WA9 5XL**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% 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=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL
- **14.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St John Vianney Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-vianney-catholic-primary-school-e104812) | Primary | 520 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Sutton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-sutton-academy-e136141) | Secondary | 920 m (12 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 45.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Rainhill Community Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rainhill-community-nursery-e131447) | Nursery | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Sutton Manor Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sutton-manor-community-primary-school-e104764) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Nutgrove Methodist Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/nutgrove-methodist-primary-school-e146120) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Thatto Heath Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thatto-heath-community-primary-school-e104763) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rainhill High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rainhill-high-school-e144326) | Secondary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 50.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Austin's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-austins-catholic-primary-school-e104806) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £184,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| March 2025 | £265,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| May 2025 | £200,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| May 2026 | £205,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| March 2026 | £256,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| December 2024 | £215,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| December 2025 | £325,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| March 2026 | £89,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: PHARMACY SERVICES DIRECT (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op St Helens - Elton Head Road (550 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £186,445** (August 2026). St. Helens’s average house price was £186,445 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 5.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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 21 October 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 025D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 9.7** (2025). St. Helens 025D has a deprivation score of 9.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,381st least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £210,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in St. Helens 025D was £210,000 in 2025. Joint 7,374th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,824** (2021). St. Helens 025D had 2,824 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 246th 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: 82.3%** (January 2026). In St. Helens 025D, 82.3% 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.

## 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: 53.4240, -2.7444

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), 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=-2.7444,53.4240,WA95XL

## How to cite

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