Sutton Leach

St. Helens · North West · population 10,633 · 7 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,071 of 6,856 in England
  • #557 of 932 in North West
  • #14 of 24 in St. Helens
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,689
Median age (est.)45
Density3,552per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above23%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 17%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 63% · No religion 31% · 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

Sutton Leach is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,071 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 24 in St. Helens. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (91) but weak on Health (13). Typical homes here, about £172,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 131 sales), 9% below the wider St. Helens median of £190,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,583 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 32 · #4,646
Employment 18 · #5,605
Education 32 · #4,639
Health 13 · #5,948
Crime 38 · #4,255
Housing & access 91 · #636
Living environment 46 · #3,700

House prices ?

£172,000median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£172,000131+2.4%+38.4%
Detached£304,00014+4.8%+72.7%
Semi-detached£180,00076+4.3%+38.5%
Terraced£125,00041+15.2%+47.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£172,000
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)£31,583±£4,427 · #6,057 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,473
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 725 offences
St. Helens89
North West82
England83

Rank #3,409 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences359
Theft74
Burglary22
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons73
Drugs83
Robbery5
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 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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