LONGSHAW STREET, WA5 0BU House Prices & Local Information

WA5 0BU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Longshaw Street, 0.3km from Bewsey Estate in Warrington. Administratively it sits within Bewsey and Whitecross ward and the Warrington South constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WA5 0BU is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. During the day, manufacturing, energy and utilities. It has a young, student-heavy population (average age 28) — lively, but with high tenant turnover. 53% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 64 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £101k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 3.6% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for WA5 0BU are sourced from Output Area E00188933 (shared with 23 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.