Schools
45 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 7 secondary schools. Willow Bank School is the nearest published school at 549 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WA12 9PF
Newton-le-Willows West · St. Helens · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Postcode district
- WA12
- Postcode sector
- WA12 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WA12 9PF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1996
- Terminated
- 1 June 1997
- Postcode area
- WA
- Postcode district
- WA12
- Postcode sector
- WA12 9
- Latitude
- 53.450288
- Longitude
- -2.651051
- British National Grid easting
- 356,860
- British National Grid northing
- 395,032
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- St. Helens · E08000013
- Electoral ward
- Newton-le-Willows West · E05014127
- Parish or community
- E43000300
- Westminster constituency
- St Helens North · E14001509
- Output area
- E00177014
- Lower layer super output area
- St. Helens 013D · E01033793
- Middle layer super output area
- St. Helens 013 · E02001418
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WA12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 45
- Primary
- 32
- Secondary
- 7
- 549 m
Willow Bank School
Community special school
- 736 m
Lyme Community Primary School
Community school
- 777 m
The District CofE Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,347
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 578
- Shoplifting 159
- Public order 137
- Criminal damage and arson 97
- Anti social behaviour 96
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WA12 9 residents
- 11,651
Age bands in WA12 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 15.4%
2,014 residents
1,116 residents
3,601 residents
3,036 residents
1,782 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.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
PATTERDALE LODGE MED CTRE
PATTERDALE LODGE MEDICAL CENTRE, LEGH STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9NA
ODS code N83002
492 m
VISTA ROAD SURGERY
VISTA LOCALITY CENTRE, VISTA ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9ED
ODS code N83005
917 m
NEWTON PRACTICE
1 BELVEDERE ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 0JJ
ODS code N83045
1.1 km
MODALITY ST HELENS
WOODSIDE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, WOODSIDE ROAD, HAYDOCK, ST. HELENS, WA11 0NA
ODS code N83020
2.0 km
BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.
140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP
ODS code N83008
3.2 km
RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE
333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN
ODS code N83001
4.0 km
BRYN STREET SURGERY
ASHTON HEALTH CENTRE, COUNCIL AVENUE, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9AZ
ODS code Y02378
4.2 km
MEDICENTRE
COUNCIL AVENUE, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9AZ
ODS code P92001
4.2 km
MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA
ODS code Y02510
4.7 km
WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
301-302 WESTBROOK CENTRE, WESTBROOK, WARRINGTON, WA5 8UF
ODS code N81122
4.8 km
ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE
ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN
ODS code N83023
4.9 km
FAMILY MEDICAL PRACTICE
GOLBORNE HEALTH CENTRE, KID GLOVE ROAD, GOLBORNE, WARRINGTON, WA3 3GS
ODS code P92639
4.9 km
GOLBORNE SURGERY
GOLBORNE HEALTH CENTRE, KID GLOVE ROAD, GOLBORNE, WARRINGTON, WA3 3GS
ODS code P92630
4.9 km
HIGH STREET SURGERY
GOLBORNE HEALTH CENTRE, KIDGLOVE ROAD, GOLBORNE, WARRINGTON, WA3 3GS
ODS code P92012
4.9 km
ASHTON MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WIGAN ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 9SU
ODS code P92041
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Heald Street
BCT · Earlestown
- 0.1 miles
Bank Street
BCT · Earlestown
- 0.2 miles
Hillside Avenue
BCT · Earlestown
- 0.2 miles
Viaduct Street
BCT · Earlestown
- 0.2 miles
Hoy Drive
BCT · Earlestown
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 013D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,098 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,347 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 578 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.