WN1 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of WN1, Wigan from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
WN1 is a postcode district in Wigan. Homes here sold for a median of £167,000 over the last year, up 12.8% over five years. 10,374 sales are on record. Parts of it rank among England’s more-deprived areas (66% of its postcodes are in the most-deprived 30%). 45% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £105,000 median sold price (all time)
- £167,000 median price, last 12 months
- 10,374 recorded sales
- +12.8% 5-year price change
- 24% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 45% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 255 Chorley Road | Semi | £275,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 4 Kingsway | Semi | £185,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 108 Rectory Lane | Semi | £220,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 140 Linney Square | Flat | £52,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 5 Holly Heath Drive | Detached | £380,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 73 Walkden Avenue | Semi | £274,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 7 Langdale Avenue | Semi | £270,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 161 Dorning Street | Terraced | £139,995 | Jun 2026 |
| 10 Eccleston Street | Terraced | £180,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 7 Newton Close | Flat | £68,000 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime
Greater Manchester Police does not publish street-level crime to police.uk — a known force-level data gap, not a crime-free area, so we don’t show a figure here that would imply zero.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider Wigan district
The figures below cover Wigan — the council district WN1 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £182,500 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 329,330 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 90% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈28 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 87% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 77.6 · 81.9 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
Open the full Wigan district report →
Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| WN1 1 | £135,000 | 717 |
| WN1 2 | £203,750 | 5,635 |
| WN1 3 | £136,000 | 4,022 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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