WN2 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of WN2, Makerfield from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
WN2 is a postcode district in Makerfield. Homes here sold for a median of £165,000 over the last year, up 26.9% over five years. 25,724 sales are on record. Parts of it rank among England’s more-deprived areas (55% of its postcodes are in the most-deprived 30%). 50% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £94,000 median sold price (all time)
- £165,000 median price, last 12 months
- 25,724 recorded sales
- +26.9% 5-year price change
- 10% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 50% 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 |
|---|
| 28 Nixon Phillips Drive | Semi | £235,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 2 Topcliffe Street | Terraced | £70,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 183 Sandy Lane | Semi | £270,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 7 Robert Street | Terraced | £118,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 853 Atherton Road | Terraced | £133,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 2 Wheat Close | Detached | £325,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 82 Granary Square | Semi | £283,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 98A Millers Lane | Detached | £160,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 164 Atherton Road | Terraced | £142,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 12 Holt Street | Terraced | £140,000 | Jul 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 WN2 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 |
|---|
| WN2 1 | £192,750 | 3,679 |
| WN2 2 | £151,000 | 3,567 |
| WN2 3 | £142,000 | 5,364 |
| WN2 4 | £200,000 | 7,324 |
| WN2 5 | £150,000 | 5,785 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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