St Helens
TownTown in St. Helens, North West.
St Helens is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for St Helens add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In St Helens, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How St Helens compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is St Helens safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Helens at a rate of 116.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,178 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Helens.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (5,352), other crime (2,337) and anti-social behaviour (1,263).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in St Helens was 113.1 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in St Helens, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so St Helens has no single figure. Of its 73 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 25 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in St Helens
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helens 004A | 1,467 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 004B | 1,593 | 159.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| St. Helens 004C | 1,333 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| St. Helens 004D | 1,249 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 004E | 1,703 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| St. Helens 004F | 1,423 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 004G | 1,504 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| St. Helens 007A | 1,287 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| St. Helens 007B | 1,478 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 007C | 1,520 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 007D | 1,723 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 007E | 1,278 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% |
| St. Helens 007F | 1,794 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| St. Helens 008A | 1,153 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 008B | 1,312 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 008C | 1,471 | 140.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 008E | 1,423 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 008F | 1,245 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 009A | 1,507 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| St. Helens 009B | 1,324 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 009C | 1,233 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 009D | 1,477 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.6% |
| St. Helens 011A | 1,738 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| St. Helens 011B | 1,492 | 150.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 011C | 1,482 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 011D | 1,716 | 126.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 012A | 1,693 | 577.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.2% |
| St. Helens 012B | 1,276 | 288.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 012C | 1,564 | 433.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| St. Helens 012D | 1,355 | 185.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 012E | 1,430 | 172.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| St. Helens 014A | 1,771 | 143.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| St. Helens 014B | 1,425 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| St. Helens 014C | 1,587 | 536.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.4% |
| St. Helens 014D | 1,519 | 178.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| St. Helens 014E | 1,372 | 259.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| St. Helens 016A | 1,359 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| St. Helens 016B | 2,065 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| St. Helens 016C | 1,323 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| St. Helens 016D | 1,379 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 016E | 1,284 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 016F | 1,455 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 016G | 1,641 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 017A | 1,753 | 160.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 017B | 1,452 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 017C | 1,342 | 209.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| St. Helens 017D | 2,163 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| St. Helens 018A | 1,201 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| St. Helens 018B | 1,537 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 018D | 1,706 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.2% |
| St. Helens 020A | 1,618 | 164.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 020B | 1,437 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| St. Helens 020C | 1,982 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| St. Helens 020D | 1,279 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 020E | 1,444 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 020F | 1,460 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| St. Helens 020G | 1,471 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| St. Helens 022A | 1,739 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 70.0% |
| St. Helens 022C | 1,321 | 116.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 022D | 1,321 | 173.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| St. Helens 022E | 1,877 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| St. Helens 022F | 1,446 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 022G | 1,487 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.5% |
| St. Helens 022H | 1,660 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| St. Helens 024A | 1,440 | 147.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| St. Helens 024B | 1,319 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 024C | 1,572 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| St. Helens 024D | 1,446 | 126.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| St. Helens 024E | 1,698 | 487.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| St. Helens 025A | 1,599 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| St. Helens 025B | 1,522 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 025C | 1,851 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 025D | 2,824 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.3% |
Your MP
- Ms Marie RimmerLabourMP for St Helens South and Whiston
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering St Helens3
Middle areas in St Helens14
Towns near St Helens6
St Helens in brief
St Helens is a town in St. Helens, North West.
About 111,493 people lived in St Helens in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 1,394 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 116.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in St Helens was £180,000 in 2025.
St Helens had 107,684 usual residents at the census.
In St Helens, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In St Helens, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.