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Locking Stumps: house prices and how the area is changing

Official figures for the Locking Stumps neighbourhood of Warrington, England (ONS area Warrington 004). Headline figures assembled 21 October 2026. Postcodes WA3. Figures that read a point use the neighbourhood's centre, near WA3 6AE.

A neighbourhood with below-average incomes, with signals pointing away from gentrification

Locking Stumps is a neighbourhood with below-average incomes. But area signals point away from gentrification against Warrington (3 of 18 signals falling, 3 rising). Houses here typically resell for £225,000 (median resale price, 2023-2025). Schools nearby are improving slower than the council's and the nearest station, Birchwood, is about a 19-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre. Recorded crime per resident is 0.7 times the borough's rate, but there are about 4.5 jobs for every resident here, so crime per resident overstates the risk to people who live here.

The neighbourhood in brief, from the figures on this page. Summary updated 21 October 2026; source dates are shown below.

Typical house price

£225,000

Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +43% against 2017-2019.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data

Affluence today

Below average income

How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.

Source: ONS, HM Land Registry, MHCLG Indices of Deprivation

Signs of gentrification

Moving the other way

Weighted balance -0.12; 3 of 18 signals up, 3 down, against the borough.

Source: Official statistics on prices, incomes, benefits, businesses, schools and more (a full report shows every signal)

Deprivation

Decile 4 of 10

English Indices of Deprivation 2025: 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods, 10 the least. At the neighbourhood's centre; its 4 small areas range from decile 4 to 9.

Source: MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Average household income

£49,500

ONS estimate for the neighbourhood (modelled, with a margin of error).

Source: Office for National Statistics

Recorded crime

0.7 times the borough's rate

A busy centre, with about 4.5 jobs for every resident here, so crime per resident overstates the risk to people who live here (22,990 jobs in 2024 against 5,091 residents at the 2021 census). Crimes recorded by the police over 12 months (not anti-social behaviour) per resident, against the borough. Crime per resident can overstate the risk in busy centres where many people work or visit.

Source: Police.uk

Schools getting better

Slower than the council's

Nearby state schools' latest Ofsted inspections and results, against the council's schools.

Source: Ofsted, Department for Education

Where Locking Stumps sits in Warrington

Typical house price: joint 8th lowest of 25 neighbourhoods in Warrington
Average household income: 12th highest of 25 neighbourhoods in Warrington

Ranked among the council's neighbourhoods by the figures on each one's own page, checked 21 October 2026: typical prices are HM Land Registry resale medians over the latest three-year window, household income the ONS's modelled estimate, with a margin of error, so neighbourhoods a place or two apart may not really differ.

Prices over time in Locking Stumps

Median resale price of houses each year here and across Warrington, 1995 to 2026 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: standard sales, new builds left out). Years with fewer than 10 sales here are left out. 2026 is the year so far (dashed).

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, held locally and checked 21 October 2026. Medians each year, not a valuation of any home.

How the area is changing, signal by signal

3 of 18 counted signals point towards rising affluence against Warrington, 3 the other way and 12 in line. A reading of official statistics against the borough, not a prediction; a full report shows every signal's figures and weight. Where this reading sits among every neighbourhood in England and Wales: the gentrification league table.

Rising against the borough

Recorded crime
Air quality
Homes selling

Falling behind the borough

Recent price momentum
Income deprivation ranking
Schools improving

Stations and schools nearby

Nearest station

Birchwood Railway station, about a 19-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (1.4 km in a straight line). About 5.2 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Northern, TransPennine Express and East Midlands Railway to Liverpool Lime Street (31 to 39 min) and Manchester Oxford Road (14 to 23 min).

Station locations: NaPTAN (Department for Transport). Trains: Network Rail's timetable for Tuesday 6 October 2026, with the timetabled minutes of direct trains; timetabled, not live running. Distances from the neighbourhood's centre in a straight line, walked at 4.8 km/h; the real route is longer.

Nearest state schools

Nearest state primary school Locking Stumps Community Primary School 800 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Ungraded visit: School remains Good (Feb 2022).
Nearest state secondary school Birchwood Community High School 1.0 km from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: No overall grade: Good in 4 areas (Dec 2024).

Schools: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (20 October 2026); inspections: Ofsted's management information as at 30 September 2026, in Ofsted's own words. Straight-line distances; not a catchment or admissions assessment.

Questions about Locking Stumps

What is the typical house price in Locking Stumps?

£225,000. Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +43% against 2017-2019.

How does Locking Stumps compare with the rest of Warrington?

Typical house price: joint 8th lowest of 25 neighbourhoods in Warrington. Average household income: 12th highest of 25 neighbourhoods in Warrington.

Is Locking Stumps an affluent area?

Below average income. How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.

Is Locking Stumps gentrifying?

Moving the other way. Weighted balance -0.12; 3 of 18 signals up, 3 down, against the borough.

What is the nearest station to Locking Stumps?

Birchwood. Railway station, about a 19-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (1.4 km in a straight line). About 5.2 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Northern, TransPennine Express and East Midlands Railway to Liverpool Lime Street (31 to 39 min) and Manchester Oxford Road (14 to 23 min).

Which state schools are nearest to Locking Stumps?

Nearest state primary school. Locking Stumps Community Primary School. 800 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Ungraded visit: School remains Good (Feb 2022). Nearest state secondary school. Birchwood Community High School. 1.0 km from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: No overall grade: Good in 4 areas (Dec 2024).

Each answer repeats a figure shown above, with its source there.

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Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library, MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains public sector information (MHCLG, Police.uk, Ofsted, Department for Education) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Station locations from NaPTAN (Department for Transport), Open Government Licence v3.0. Trains: contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures describe the area, not any home, and are not a valuation or a prediction.