St. Helens
WA12 house prices in St. Helens
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for St. Helens, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£197,500
Range £105,000–£360,200 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WA12: the typical (median) sold price is £197,500, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WA12 is an active market, with about 27 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were terraced homes (typically £160,000) and 35% were semi-detached homes (typically £216,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Across the 12 most recently sold WA12 postcodes we sampled, area deprivation has a median of decile 8 of 10, where 10 is the least deprived.
Source: Deprivation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WA12: steady sales, so price from the evidence
WA12 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 27 sales a month, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are selling, with detached homes at £357,500 and flats at £105,000, the £105,000 to £360,200 spread is really several markets, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are buying, WA12 sits well below the UK average for typical prices, so a lower price than the average is a prompt to ask why, not a reason to relax.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (581 applications on record within 500 m), the tenure (leasehold is common here) and flood risk over the long term, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free WA12 OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
WA12 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£197,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
26.5
Across 250 sales
Freehold sales
46%
Of recorded sales
The data, honestly
House prices in WA12
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WA12 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £357,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £105,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 45 | £357,500 | £238,000–£487,000 |
| Semi-detached | 85 | £216,000 | £153,200–£286,500 |
| Terraced | 99 | £160,000 | £99,600–£235,800 |
| Flat / maisonette | 13 | £105,000 | £72,500–£189,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WA12
The quarterly typical price rose 25.6%, from £195,000 in Q4 2025 (57 sales) to £245,000 in Q3 2026 (29 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £195,000 | 57 |
| Q1 2026 | £196,000 | 96 |
| Q2 2026 | £195,000 | 68 |
| Q3 2026 | £245,000 | 29 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WA12 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WA12 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £105,000 and £360,200, around a typical £197,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WA12
Terraced homes were 41% of recorded sales (99 of 242). 46% of sales were freehold and 54% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached19%
- Semi-detached35%
- Terraced41%
- Flat / maisonette5%
Tenure
- Freehold46%
- Leasehold54%
See the figures
114 freehold (46%) and 136 leasehold (54%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WA12. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 7 Nov 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where WA12 sits in St. Helens
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WA12
2, OWLSFIELD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
Detached · Leasehold · 21 Aug 2026
£370,000
1, THORNTON DRIVE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£360,000
10, ST JOHN STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
Terraced · Leasehold · 10 Aug 2026
£90,000
8, COLE AVENUE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
Detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£300,000
55, MERCER STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
Semi-detached · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£215,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WA12 includes the Burtonwood and Winwick ward.
In plain English
What the St. Helens (WA12) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £357,500 against £105,000 for flats: about 3.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £105,000 and £360,200, so the median says little about any one home.
- 54% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 27 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 7 November 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on WA12
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in WA12
We don't hold published band charges for St. Helens yet. Your billing authority publishes its own band table each year. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency: check a band on GOV.UK.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities
Schools
Schools near WA12
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy.
All schools
St Mary's Catholic Infant Academy
Primary · Academies · WA12 9RX
171 m
Requires improvement · 2022
St Mary's Catholic Junior Academy
Primary · Academies · WA12 9QQ
310 m
Requires improvement · 2022
Newton-le-Willows Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WA12 9UF
434 m
Good · 2016
The District CofE Primary School
Primary · Academies · WA12 9PZ
470 m
Good · 2021
Wargrave CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WA12 8QL
862 m
Good · 2021
Wargrave House School
Special schools · WA12 8RS
1.1 km
Good · 2022
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WA12 9UR
1.1 km
Outstanding · 2013
Hope Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · WA12 0AQ
1.2 km
Requires improvement · 2021
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the WA12 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WA12
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around WA12
581
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 4 September 2026.
Recent applications
StHelens/P/2026/0410/HHFPUndecided
396 m
Alterations to existing side extension and replacement detached garage.
Received 2026-07-31
StHelens/P/2026/0121/HHFPPermitted
427 m
Erection of a part two storey pitched roof and part single storey flat roof extension along with associated rear terrace and landscaping, following demolition of an existing conservatory to the rear.
Received 2026-03-05 · decided 2026-05-06
StHelens/P/2026/0103/HHPAPermitted
103 m
Prior approval for single storey rear extension, projecting 4m from the rear, 3.6m max height and 2.5m at the eaves.
Received 2026-02-23 · decided 2026-04-02
StHelens/P/2026/0086/FULPermitted
241 m
Installation of 4no. ground mounted air source heat pumps and re-siting of bin store within a 2.1m high timber enclosure. Roof mounted solar PV array.
Received 2026-02-03 · decided 2026-03-27
StHelens/C/2025/0146/CONUndecided
453 m
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Demolition Management Plan), Condition 4 (WSI - Historic Buildings) and 5 (WSI - Archaeological Investigation) on approval of P/2022/0213/HYBR
Received 2025-12-19
StHelens/A/2025/0054/NMAPermitted
453 m
Non material amendment to approval P/2022/0213/HYBR to vary the wording of Conditions 3 (Demolition Management Plan), 4 (Archaeological WSI), 5 (Historic Building Investigation) and 14 (Signage Stategy)
Received 2025-12-19 · decided 2026-03-23
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WA12 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for WA12 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 581 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 4 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WA12
Decile 8 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled WA12 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 1 to decile 9, with a median of decile 8 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WA12 9AP, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so WA12 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WA12: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WA12 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 244 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WA12. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
2, OWLSFIELD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8BB · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-08-21
1, THORNTON DRIVE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9AP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-08-21
10, ST JOHN STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9NW · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£90,000
2026-08-10
8, COLE AVENUE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 0EF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-08-07
55, MERCER STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9TJ · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-07-31
3, LATHAM AVENUE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 0EG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£241,000
2026-07-31
1, SANDRA DRIVE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8QA · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-31
16, ETHERLEY DRIVE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8NS · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£437,250
2026-07-31
8, NORMAN HARVEY V C CLOSE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9GX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-31
137, VULCAN PARK WAY, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8TB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£322,500
2026-07-31
19, FLEETWOOD DRIVE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9WP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-27
21, PENINSULA DRIVE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8AP · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-07-27
82, CARDINAL WAY, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9FX · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£442,500
2026-07-24
5, KENTWAY, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8SJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-07-24
129, HIGH STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9SL · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-23
23, THORNTON DRIVE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9AP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-07-22
42, MATILDA CLOSE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8TE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£168,000
2026-07-20
16, OLD WARGRAVE ROAD, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8LU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,650
2026-07-17
53, RYDAL STREET, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8JX · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£107,500
2026-07-17
18, WOODSTOCK AVENUE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8PR · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£287,500
2026-07-16
31, BARNETT AVENUE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9JX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-07-15
20, HARRISON WAY, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9JG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-07-13
308, CROW LANE WEST, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 9YS · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£115,000
2026-07-10
33, RALEIGH CLOSE, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
WA12 8AL · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-10
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near WA12
The closest districts to WA12 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in WN4 (Wigan) 2.8 miles
- House prices in WA3 (Warrington) 3.5 miles
- House prices in WA2 (Warrington) 3.6 miles
- House prices in WA5 (Warrington) 3.7 miles
- House prices in WA9 (St Helens) 3.7 miles
- House prices in WA11 (St Helens) 4 miles
- House prices in WA1 (Warrington) 4.8 miles
- House prices in WA10 (St Helens) 5.1 miles
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Data sources
Every WA12 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.