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Crank market report WA11, St. Helens
The WA11 (Crank) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. Everything below comes from 15,547 sales recorded by HM Land Registry in WA11 (St. Helens) since 1995, real completion prices from real purchases, alongside the ONS's current rent figures. No valuations, no estimates, no asking prices.
Covers registered sales to July 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the typical home in WA11 (St. Helens) sold for £185,500 in 2026, the median of 186 registered sales, up 21% on five years earlier. The mean was £210,200, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £2,270 per square metre over the last five years. The figures cover 15,547 sales recorded by HM Land Registry since 1995 and refresh with each monthly release: completed sale prices, not valuations or asking prices.
WA11 is a postcode district covering Crank, Haydock, Moss Bank in St. Helens. It is the most useful size for market figures: tight enough to describe somewhere real, large enough that sales keep coming and the medians hold steady.
Where WA11 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
What a home in WA11 sells for
The WA11 median stands at £185,500 for 2026, built from 186 registered sales; the mean, the figure usually quoted as the "average house price", is £210,200, a little above it, the familiar pattern where pricier homes stretch the average.
Price per square metre in WA11
Per square metre, WA11 homes have averaged around £2,270 over the last five years of sales. The floor areas behind the figure come from Energy Performance Certificates, and the by-the-metre view is the fair comparison across home sizes.
Set against the £285,000 England and Wales median, WA11 sits 35% below the national market.
The price of a typical WA11 home, 1995 to 2026
One line records the median as paid; the other restates every year in today's money via ONS CPIH, the honest measure of getting dearer. Hover for year figures, click the legend to isolate a line.
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| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £185,500 | £185,500 | 186 |
| 2025 | £185,000 | £189,424 | 452 |
| 2024 | £180,000 | £191,377 | 485 |
| 2023 | £175,000 | £192,282 | 436 |
| 2022 | £165,000 | £193,481 | 540 |
| 2021 | £153,500 | £194,351 | 586 |
| 2020 | £137,800 | £178,798 | 426 |
| 2019 | £132,200 | £173,283 | 434 |
| 2018 | £130,000 | £173,292 | 470 |
| 2017 | £130,000 | £177,307 | 483 |
| 2016 | £122,000 | £170,679 | 437 |
| 2015 | £118,500 | £167,441 | 458 |
| 2014 | £117,000 | £165,985 | 441 |
| 2013 | £110,000 | £158,279 | 366 |
| 2012 | £105,000 | £154,547 | 307 |
| 2011 | £110,000 | £166,058 | 307 |
| 2010 | £121,800 | £191,014 | 252 |
| 2009 | £115,000 | £184,863 | 232 |
| 2008 | £125,000 | £204,901 | 312 |
| 2007 | £125,000 | £212,035 | 633 |
| 2006 | £120,000 | £208,305 | 605 |
| 2005 | £118,000 | £209,992 | 545 |
| 2004 | £107,500 | £195,241 | 753 |
| 2003 | £79,000 | £145,537 | 659 |
| 2002 | £67,000 | £126,060 | 685 |
| 2001 | £57,500 | £110,541 | 691 |
| 2000 | £51,100 | £100,284 | 577 |
| 1999 | £49,100 | £97,854 | 580 |
| 1998 | £47,500 | £95,882 | 558 |
| 1997 | £48,500 | £99,464 | 584 |
| 1996 | £48,500 | £102,284 | 547 |
| 1995 | £48,000 | £104,345 | 520 |
In cash terms the typical WA11 home went from £48,000 in 1995 to £185,500 in 2026, roughly 3.9 times the price. Adjusted for inflation it still comes to a real rise of roughly 78%, so homes here got dearer in substance, not only in cash. The real-terms peak came in 2007, and today's median remains roughly 13% under it: a 2007 buyer is still waiting to get that price back in today's money.
Year-on-year change in the WA11 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2004 (+36.1% on the year before); the weakest, 2011 (−9.7%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
Annualised returns
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +0.3% | −2.1% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +3.9% | −0.9% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +4.3% | +0.8% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +2.2% | −0.6% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
Detached, semi, terraced, flat: four markets in one
A single median hides the split beneath it. Sales of semi-detached homes dominate the record here, 57% of the typed total. A detached home currently trades at £340,000 against £78,000 for a flat, 4.4 times the price.
Median by property type, WA11
One line per type, years with too few sales omitted. Hover for the year's figures; click a legend entry to isolate a type.
| Type | Median (2026) | Sales that year | All-time sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £340,000 | 25 | 2,440 |
| Semi-detached | £200,000 | 95 | 8,844 |
| Terraced | £140,000 | 59 | 3,924 |
| Flats | £78,000 | 7 | 329 |
Transaction volumes
How many homes change hands
Each bar is a year's recorded sales. 2008's dip is the financial crisis, and the newest bar always grows for a while as late registrations arrive.
Month by month, five years back
Monthly registrations. The sawtooth is seasonal; the register runs weeks behind completions at the right-hand edge.
Over the last twelve months of data, 397 sales completed in WA11. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 644 sales a year before the financial crisis and 420 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
The rental side of WA11
For renting purposes WA11 sits in St. Helens. The ONS average private rent there is £790 a month (May 2026). A one-bed averages £581 a month here and a four-or-more-bed £1,275, so size does most of the work in setting the rent.
Average monthly rent by size, St. Helens
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Set against the £185,500 median sold price, £790 a month is £9,480 a year, a gross yield of 5.1%: gross, before letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax, so a ceiling rather than a promise. Rents are published at local-authority level, so nearby districts in the same authority share these figures.
How WA11 trades
Among the 16 measurable districts of its area, WA11 ranks 13 by median price: towards the affordable end.
WA11 (Crank): the questions that come up
Is WA11 (Crank) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in WA11 (Crank)?
Are property prices falling in WA11 (Crank)?
Are WA11 prices heading up or down?
Prediction is not this page's business. Its business is the record, which says: the median is up 21% over five years in cash but down 5% after inflation. Read the volume chart with the price chart before acting on either, remembering that registrations trail the deals themselves by weeks.
On the market in WA11 today
Everything above is what homes in WA11 sold for. Turning to what is actually available: 161 homes on the market right now, from 7 agents publishing to HomesIndex, at a typical asking price 13% above the WA11 median sold price.
Of everything listed here, 17% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. The comparison behind each listing uses recent recorded sales of similar homes close by.
- Kenyons Lane North, Haydock, WA11, Haydock
- Avery Road, Haydock, St Helens, WA11, St Helens
- Bowness Avenue, St Helens
The "under comparable sales" label measures each asking price against real nearby sales of similar homes: an opening position for a conversation rather than a valuation. The home itself still needs looking at.
See every WA11 home for sale on the map →
Refreshed every Monday and Thursday from agents' own feeds to HomesIndex, so a sample of the market rather than all of it. An asking price remains an ask, not a sale.
Moving up a bedroom in WA: the cost
The Land Registry record, split by size: what each kind of home actually sold for across the WA area. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £265,000 | £385,000 (+45%) | £645,000 (+68%) | £1,000,000 (+55%) |
| Semi-detached | £180,000 | £210,000 (+17%) | £270,000 (+29%) | £440,000 (+63%) | £692,500 (+57%) |
| Terraced | £134,000 | £145,000 (+8%) | £190,000 (+31%) | £360,000 (+89%) | £675,500 (+88%) |
| Flat | £118,787 | £180,000 (+52%) | £350,000 (+94%) | — | — |
Medians of recorded sales over the last four years, by built form and bedroom count. Sold homes carry no advertised bedroom count, so sizes are estimated from their EPC records; a small number of homes will sit one size out. Sizes with too few homes to be meaningful are left blank.
The risers and the fallers
WA11 ranks 3 of 16 in the WA area on five-year growth. The gap between the top and bottom of this chart is the difference between buying well and buying badly in the same city.
Winners and losers across the WA area, five years
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Inside WA11, sector by sector
The next slice down is the postcode sector: a group of streets, each with its own report. Two sectors a short walk apart can trade at sharply different prices.
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| WA11 0 | £172,200 | 82 |
| WA11 7 | £202,500 | 27 |
| WA11 8 | £307,500 | 27 |
| WA11 9 | £170,000 | 50 |
How WA11 compares nearby
Same city, different markets. The neighbouring districts of the WA area, dearest first:
| District | Median | 5-year |
|---|---|---|
| WA15 | £500,000 | +14% |
| WA16 | £447,500 | +3% |
| WA14 | £425,000 | +15% |
| WA13 | £375,000 | +4% |
| WA4 | £314,000 | +8% |
| WA6 | £302,500 | +15% |
| WA5 | £260,000 | +12% |
| WA3 | £254,000 | +14% |
| WA1 | £240,000 | +23% |
| WA12 | £215,000 | +19% |
| WA8 | £202,500 | +19% |
| WA2 | £195,500 | +26% |
| WA11 (this report) | £185,500 | +21% |
| WA7 | £180,000 | +20% |
| WA9 | £173,000 | +19% |
| WA10 | £170,000 | +17% |
Selling in WA11? Start from the sold record
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at WA11's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim WA11.
Take it further
Behind the answers sits the same Land Registry record as this page, with WA11 already set as the subject. Free, one click sign in.
See every individual WA11 sale on the live map, mapped to the exact address, or zoom the average prices map from neighbourhood shading down to single homes. The report tool writes a custom answer to a specific question, and the mortgage and rent calculator on any sale runs the numbers on a real purchase.
Method, briefly: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0) supplies every sale, geocoded to address level; CPIH from the ONS restates prices in today's money; ONS local-authority figures supply the rents. Medians of real sales, not valuations. No part of this page is financial advice.