WA55 postcode area guide — Warrington
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the WA55 postcode district in Warrington — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in WA55
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
100%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the WA55 postcode district (Warrington) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 1 postcodes Ofcom measures in WA55, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 100% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.
Around 0% of premises in WA55 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in WA55
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| WA55 1LR | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Warrington
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Warrington district (102,456 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
98%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
91.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in WA55
Police recorded 431 incidents within about a mile of the centre of WA55 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 173 | 40.1% |
| Public order | 59 | 13.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 46 | 10.7% |
| Shoplifting | 42 | 9.7% |
| Drugs | 26 | 6.0% |
| Other theft | 24 | 5.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 17 | 3.9% |
| Burglary | 10 | 2.3% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
Who lives here? Warrington demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Warrington district (210,974 residents, 90,538 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18.1% |
| 15–29 | 21.6% |
| 30–44 | 20% |
| 45–64 | 21.2% |
| 65+ | 19% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 68.7% |
| Private rented | 15.3% |
| Social rented | 9.8% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around WA55
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrington Hospital Unit Co Wards B10-11 | Not applicable | — | — | WA5 1QG |
| Warrington St Barnabas CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | — | WA5 1TG |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 189 | WA5 1NS |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 192 | WA5 0JS |
| St Gregory's Catholic High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,214 | WA5 1HG |
| Bewsey Lodge Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 328 | WA5 0AG |
| Evelyn Street Primary Academy and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 337 | WA5 1BD |
| UTC Warrington | Secondary | 14–19 | 278 | WA2 7NG |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Phone area codes for Warrington
Landlines around WA55 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.