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Beacon View

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96 recorded sales · median £140,375 · Wigan

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Wigan Council · Labour-controlled 42/75 seats · 56% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

73/100

Good

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£140k

median price

£140k

median sold price

5.9 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations mapped

grammar school

145

schools total

Violence — most

11.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

4.5%

in a flood zone

481

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

648

eat & drink

203

shops

86.7%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£100,000 in 2012 → £187,500 in 2025

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Wigan, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-09-09

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)

Crime2026-07

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £140,375. That's about 5.9× local earnings — around the 6.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 3 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 96 sales£140,375

Full history since 2006

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay5.9× · five-year average 6.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Wigan30.1%

Of the homes across Wigan that sold again within five years, 30.1% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than North West (19.3%).

By property type

Terraced houses0%

Flats31.9%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new43.1%

Bought second-hand19.3%

Overall

Typical resale gain+12.3% · ~10.5-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (428 resale pairs) across Wigan — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership66%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

32%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

17%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,152

Your band:

Wigan Council£1,712

Mayoral (incl. fire)£154

Mayoral Police & Crime£285

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,434

Band B£1,673

Band C£1,912

Band D (baseline)£2,152

Band E£2,630

Band F£3,108

Band G£3,586

Band H£4,303

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Wigan how Beacon View compares · from Wigan

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Hindley +62.2%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Hindley	£165,000	+62.2%	420
Marsh Green	£128,000	+61.2%	30
Kitt Green	£155,000	+60.5%	54
Leigh	£125,000	+53.8%	394
The Bell	£190,000	+51.4%	64
Tyldesley	£137,500	+50.3%	158
Worsley Mesnes	£152,000	+49.5%	110
Newtown	£127,500	+47.8%	116
Scholes Village	£102,000	+47.6%	38
Ashton-in-Makerfield	£190,000	+47.2%	232
Lowton St Mary's	£270,000	+46.4%	68
Abram	£156,000	+45.5%	160
Far Moor	£245,000	+44.8%	97
Bryn	£180,000	+42.8%	126
Ince-in-Makerfield	£120,000	+41.8%	74
Atherton	£176,000	+40.8%	252
Whelley	£175,000	+39.3%	98
Winstanley	£235,000	+39.2%	156
Beech Hill	£151,000	+38.9%	104
New Hall Farm	£260,000	+38.7%	204
Golborne	£170,000	+36.8%	162
Highfield	£227,000	+36.4%	100
Hindley Green	£195,000	+35.8%	222
Town Green	£200,000	+35%	118
Gidlow	£158,375	+34.5%	216
Spring View	£132,500	+33.8%	128
Shakerley	£188,500	+33.6%	68
Lane Head	£233,150	+32.9%	112
Scholes	£139,000	+31.6%	122
Spring Bank	£150,000	+31%	132
Howe Bridge	£168,000	+29.3%	162
Shevington Vale	£222,000	+29.2%	62
Lilford	£205,500	+29%	156
Shevington	£225,000	+28.6%	102
Hindsford	£174,000	+28.4%	124
Higher Folds	£215,000	+27.8%	78
Westleigh	£168,000	+27.8%	218
New Springs	£180,000	+26.7%	138
Lowton St Luke's	£262,098	+25.7%	188
Thornhill	£350,000	+24%	96
Swinley	£200,000	+23.6%	138
Higher End	£240,000	+22.6%	78
Plank Lane	£207,250	+22%	108
Hawkley	£190,000	+21.1%	134
Lamberhead Green	£165,000	+20.9%	92
Pennington	£266,000	+20%	76
Hag Fold	£170,000	+18.1%	136
Stubshaw Cross	£170,000	+15.2%	70
Astley	£255,000	+14.6%	130
Orrell Post	£210,000	+14.3%	126
Bedford	£135,500	+13.1%	154
Shevington Moor	£238,000	+11.1%	110
Parr Bridge	£292,000	+3.7%	186
Well Court	£245,000	+2.1%	226
Bickershaw	£141,600	-4.6%	90
Standish	£199,995	-9.9%	66
Longshoot	£119,500	-20.6%	136

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Beacon View — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
9, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£158,000	May 2026
34, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£187,500	Jul 2025
60, Beacon View Standish	Detached	—	—	£495,000	Mar 2025
6, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£124,000	Jan 2025
8 Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£135,000	Aug 2024
29, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£175,000	Feb 2024
2 Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£126,000	Sep 2023
32 Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£130,000	Aug 2023
30 Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£142,000	Jul 2023
28, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£132,500	Oct 2022
23 Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£132,500	Jul 2022
64, Beacon View Standish	Detached	—	—	£275,000	Aug 2021
1 BEACON VIEW STANDISH	Detached	—	—	£335,000	May 2021
34, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£170,000	Mar 2021
10, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£122,000	Oct 2020
6, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£109,000	Jun 2020
19, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£100,000	May 2020
26a, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£125,000	Feb 2020
9, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£110,000	Jan 2020
50 BEACON VIEW	Detached	—	—	£236,000	Dec 2019
60, Beacon View Standish	Detached	—	—	£410,000	Nov 2019
27, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£107,500	Oct 2019
25 BEACON VIEW	Flat	—	—	£114,000	Apr 2019
7, Beacon View Standish	Flat	—	—	£110,000	Oct 2018

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24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Wigan

Street-level crime isn't published for Beacon View — Greater Manchester Police stopped supplying it to police.uk. We show the Home Office annual recorded-crime figure where held, and never a fabricated zero.

Street-level crime

The local police force is not currently publishing street-level crime records to police.uk, so a comparable crime rate is not available for this area. Any records shown are British Transport Police (railway) only.

Declared honestly — a force data gap, not shown as zero · police.uk / Home Office

Recorded crime from Wigan

Per 1,000 residents / year95.3

Total recorded (year ending March 2026)31,376

Violence against the person

13,720

Theft offences

6,819

Public order offences

3,229

Criminal damage and arson

3,095

Drug offences

1,275

Sexual offences

1,236

Home Office recorded crime across the whole Wigan district — the force's annual return, a real figure from a different feed · Home Office police recorded crime (CSP open data)

Who lives here? from Wigan

Population329,330

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

4.9/10

Employment

4.2/10

Education & skills

4.7/10

Health & disability

3.3/10

Crime

3.9/10

Housing & services

7.3/10

Living environment

5.3/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Wigan — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+58%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.1%

Degree-level (Level 4+)26%

Good or very good health80%

Own their home66%

Median age42

Born outside the UK6%

See the full Wigan report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

Ofsted

0 nearest schools.

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Schools

No schools on the register for Beacon View.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	77.6 yrs
Life expectancy — women	81.9 yrs
Smoking	11.1%
Adults overweight or obese	73.7%

OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)

Getting around from Wigan

Travel to work

Drive

63%

Work from home

22%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging13 points

Per 10,000 residents0.4

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Wigan

Air quality

NO₂

11.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000%

Flood zone4.5% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 10–30%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (100%)

Historic landfill103 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings360

Conservation areas23

Green belt55.7%

Green spaces481

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Wigan

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	648	76% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	203	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	55	—
Green spaces & parks	481	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

86.7%

Superfast

97%

Ultrafast

86.9%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Wigan

Figures for the wider Wigan — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5.1%

In work (employment rate)57.5%

Companies registered here31,990

New incorporations (12m)5,555

Property companies (SPVs)3,332

See the full Wigan report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district