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WA9 1HS

St Helens Town Centre · St. Helens · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
St Helens Town Centre
Local authority
St. Helens
Constituency
St Helens South and Whiston
Postcode district
WA9
Postcode sector
WA9 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WA9 1HU 125 m
WA9 1HX 183 m
WA9 1HP 190 m
WA9 1HZ 224 m
WA9 1UA 224 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WA9 1HS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WA
Postcode district
WA9
Postcode sector
WA9 1
Latitude
53.460234
Longitude
-2.723603
British National Grid easting
352,053
British National Grid northing
396,185

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
St. Helens · E08000013
Electoral ward
St Helens Town Centre · E05014132
Parish or community
E43000300
Westminster constituency
St Helens South and Whiston · E14001510
Output area
E00034842
Lower layer super output area
St. Helens 014D · E01006873
Middle layer super output area
St. Helens 014 · E02001419

Postcode source versions

Explore WA9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
38
Secondary
6

  1. Merton Bank Primary School

    Community school

    533 m

  2. Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens

    Academy converter

    622 m

  3. Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    754 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,858
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,943
  • Public order 532
  • Drugs 484
  • Shoplifting 436
  • Criminal damage and arson 386

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WA9 1 residents
5,995

Age bands in WA9 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.5%

1,300 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

671 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.7%

1,654 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.3%

1,285 residents

Age 65 and over
14.8%

855 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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
94.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.7%
Gigabit-capable
94.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

21

within 5 km

  • ATLAS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ATLAS STREET, ST. HELENS, WA9 1LN

    ODS code N83023

    670 m

  • HALL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    28-30 HALL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 1DW

    ODS code N83017

    1.0 km

  • MILL STREET MEDICAL CTR.

    2 MILL STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2BD

    ODS code N83012

    1.2 km

  • CENTRAL SURGERY

    LOWE HOUSE, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83027

    1.3 km

  • NEWHOLME SURGERY

    LOWE HSE HCRC, 103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83637

    1.3 km

  • ORMSKIRK HOUSE SURGERY

    103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83003

    1.3 km

  • PARKFIELD SURGERY

    103 CRAB STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2DJ

    ODS code N83026

    1.3 km

  • LINGHOLME HEALTH CENTRE

    ATHERTON STREET, ST HELENS, WA10 2HT

    ODS code N83007

    1.4 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL CENTRE

    ATHERTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 2HT

    ODS code N83006

    1.4 km

  • WINDERMERE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDERMERE AVENUE, ST. HELENS, WA11 7AF

    ODS code N83620

    1.6 km

  • MARSHALLS CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. HELENS HOSPITAL, MARSHALLS CROSS ROAD, ST. HELENS, WA9 3DA

    ODS code Y02510

    2.3 km

  • BERRYMEAD FAMILY MED.CTR.

    140 BERRYS LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 3RP

    ODS code N83008

    2.5 km

  • BETHANY MEDICAL CENTRE

    151 GRAFTON STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 4GW

    ODS code N83054

    2.5 km

  • RAINBOW MEDICAL CENTRE

    333 ROBINS LANE, SUTTON, ST. HELENS, WA9 3PN

    ODS code N83001

    3.0 km

  • THE SPINNEY MEDICAL CTR.

    WHITTLE STREET, ST. HELENS, WA10 3EB

    ODS code N83035

    3.0 km

  • ECCLESTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 MILLFIELDS COURT, ECCLESTON, ST. HELENS, WA10 5RG

    ODS code N83614

    3.2 km

  • THE BOWERY MEDICAL CENTRE

    ELEPHANT LANE, ST. HELENS, WA9 5PR

    ODS code N83050

    3.5 km

  • MODALITY ST HELENS

    WOODSIDE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, WOODSIDE ROAD, HAYDOCK, ST. HELENS, WA11 0NA

    ODS code N83020

    4.5 km

  • FOUR ACRE HEALTH CENTRE

    BURNAGE AVENUE, CLOCK FACE, ST. HELENS, WA9 4QB

    ODS code N83021

    4.6 km

  • BILLINGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FIRST FLOOR GARSWOOD SURGERY, BILLINGE ROAD, ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, WIGAN, WN4 0XD

    ODS code N83019

    4.9 km

Showing 20 of 21 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Merton Street

    BCT · Pocket Nook

    0.1 miles

  • Markfield Crescent

    BCT · St Helens

    0.1 miles

  • Mowbray Avenue

    BCT · Laffak

    0.2 miles

  • Mowbray Avenue

    BCT · Laffak

    0.2 miles

  • Davies Street

    BCT · Pocket Nook

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for St. Helens 014D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

151 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

54 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 6 secondary schools. Merton Bank Primary School is the nearest published school at 533 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,858 published events cover 12 months, averaging 404.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,943 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.