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West Park

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West St. Helens. About 11,860 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 98% of people in West Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,574
1,755th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
98%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How West Park compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

West ParkMiddle
Population18 wards, St. Helens · 2021
Population: every ward in St. Helens18 areas from 3,334 to 13,247. The middle area is 10,841. West Park is 11,574.
11,5746th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, St. Helens · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in St. Helens18 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 87.5%. West Park is 98.0%.
98%6th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, St. Helens · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in St. Helens18 areas from 86.8% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.6%. West Park is 98.6%.
98.6%7th highest
Claimant rate18 wards, St. Helens · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in St. Helens18 areas from 1.9% to 8.2%. The middle area is 3.2%. West Park is 4.2%.
4.2%5th highest

Is West Park safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Park at a rate of 90.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 94.3 per 1,000 people across St. Helens.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Park.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (484), other crime (207) and anti-social behaviour (85).

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.

Figures for the whole of St. Helens

These figures are published for the whole of St. Helens, not for each ward, so they describe all of St. Helens and not West Park alone. See St. Helens

Average house price
£185,154
Up 7.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,306
136th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.0×
Joint 43rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
29.0
46th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
West Park in brief

West Park had 11,574 usual residents at the census.

About 98% of people in West Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In West Park, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In West Park, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.