Warrington property guide

A new-town-scale market midway between Liverpool and Manchester.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Warrington, Warrington. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of August 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach both Liverpool and Manchester in about 25 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£243,500

Sales registered (12m)

1,971

Open schools

109

About Warrington

Warrington mixes Victorian terraces near the centre with 1970s new-town estates and premium villages south of the Manchester Ship Canal at Stockton Heath and Appleton.

Birchwood's nuclear and tech employers, the M6 and M62, and two main-line stations keep the town's economy broad.

House prices in Warrington

The median sale price in Warrington over the last 12 months was £243,500, across 1,971 recorded transactions. That is 2.3% higher than the previous 12 months.

Semi-detached homes were the most-traded type in Warrington, accounting for 717 of the period's sales at a median of £255,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£400,000	464
Semi-detached	£255,000	717
Terraced	£173,000	548
Flat	£125,000	185
Other	£250,000	57

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Schools in Warrington

Warrington has 109 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 79 primary, 17 secondary and 4 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Warrington centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Beamont Collegiate Academy	WA2 8PX	0.7 km
Padgate Academy	WA2 0LN	1.7 km
UTC Warrington	WA2 7NG	2.4 km
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School	WA4 1RX	3.2 km
King's Leadership Academy Warrington	WA1 4PF	3.3 km

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Crime in Warrington

In Warrington, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (39.6%), public order (11.4%) and anti-social behaviour (9.8%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	39.6%
Public order	11.4%
Anti-social behaviour	9.8%
Criminal damage and arson	7.9%
Other theft	6.8%

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Postcode districts in Warrington

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Warrington boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
WA1	13,619
WA2	13,619
WA3	13,619
WA4	13,619
WA5	13,619

Living near Warrington

Nearby towns include Lymm.

Lymm

Frequently asked questions about Warrington

The median sale price in Warrington over the last 12 months was £243,500, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 109 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Warrington area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Warrington over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 13,619 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

More Warrington property data

Warrington sold prices

Trends, recent sales, top streets

Crime in Warrington

By category and postcode district

Schools in Warrington

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

Planning applications near Warrington

Extensions, new homes and commercial schemes shape an area's prices before they reach the sold data. PlanIndex indexes applications from Warrington, with decisions and approval rates.

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