Property market
The five-year median is £188,000 from 2,032 recorded sales in WA12. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for St Helens is £186,435 in June 2026, up 11.1% year on year.
WA12
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 887
- Current units
- 645
- Coordinate coverage
- 98%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 242
Postcode sectors in WA12
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
13,269 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 82, Cardinal Way, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 9FX | 24 July 2026 | £442,500 |
| 16, Old Wargrave Road, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 8LU | 17 July 2026 | £160,650 |
| 18, Woodstock Avenue, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 8PR | 16 July 2026 | £287,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,092
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 951
- Public order 196
- Shoplifting 194
- Anti social behaviour 157
- Criminal damage and arson 153
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WA12 usual residents
- 25,537
- Age-profile population
- 25,706
Age bands in WA12
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.6%
- 4,783 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- 2,568 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.2%
- 7,772 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- 6,592 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 15.5%
- 3,991 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 633 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 609 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 563 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
NEWTON PRACTICE
1 BELVEDERE ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 0JJ
ODS code N83045
PATTERDALE LODGE MED CTRE
PATTERDALE LODGE MEDICAL CENTRE, LEGH STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9NA
ODS code N83002
VISTA ROAD SURGERY
VISTA LOCALITY CENTRE, VISTA ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9ED
ODS code N83005
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,092 published events cover 12 months, averaging 174 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 951 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.