Bold & Clock Face

St. Helens · North West · population 10,806 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,729 of 6,856 in England
  • #659 of 932 in North West
  • #19 of 24 in St. Helens
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,851
Median age (est.)40
Density590per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above23%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 25%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 16%Other: 13%
One person 28%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 16%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Elementary 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Elementary13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 35% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bold & Clock Face is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,729 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 24 in St. Helens. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (63) and lowest on Health (11). Typical homes here sold for about £167,500 over the past year, down 3% across five years (from 130 sales), 12% below the wider St. Helens median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,873 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 20 · #5,462
Employment 12 · #6,024
Education 18 · #5,612
Health 11 · #6,126
Crime 24 · #5,208
Housing & access 63 · #2,528
Living environment 54 · #3,179

House prices ?

£167,500median (12m) · -1.5% yr · n=130
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£167,500130-1.5%-3.2%
Detached£298,00021+4.6%+19.8%
Semi-detached£179,97562+5.2%+4.6%
Terraced£122,50046-16.7%+33.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£167,500
St. Helens£190,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£31,873±£4,847 · #5,991 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,771
Price-to-income ?5.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 772 offences
St. Helens89
North West82
England83

Rank #3,627 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences413
Theft59
Burglary20
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons83
Drugs58
Robbery3
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 93 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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