Knowsley

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• Today: 19° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:36

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

251 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences104
• Anti-social behaviour29
• Public order23
• Criminal damage & arson19

49 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: St Michaels · Merseyside

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

185 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 226 casualties · 12 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

418 food businesses within 2 miles

• 301 rated 4–5 ★ (215 top)
• 43 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Huyton (1.4 km)
• 60 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£189,116 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across Knowsley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£844 average monthly rent▲ 10.4% YoY

• 1 bed £592
• 2 bed £754
• 3 bed £914

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: EG GROUP EARLSFIELD SERV (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches34
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,519 residents in Knowsley · 1,787/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 3 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

47% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,488 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 71,760)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

62 schools · 21,497 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 21 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

60inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Knowsley

124 CQC-registered services

• Care homes27
• GP practices25
• Dentists27
• Homecare agencies24
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Knowsley

• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

67 applications decided

98.5% granted · 66 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Anneliese Midgley

Labour

Knowsley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 24
• LD 3
• Grn 8
• Ref 4
• Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens1088
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

115 jobs advertised · £44,188 avg

e.g. Approved Electricians, UPVC Team Leader, Class 1 Driver - Immediate Start

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,287 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 83,013 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 61% · Nuclear 24% · Gas 5% · Imports 5%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.9 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.7 women · 54 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

19 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in L36

• Dinas Lane Medical Centre
• Cornerways Medical Centre
• Aston Healthcare Limited

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Knowsley:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test386 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office350 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth345 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s234 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  Knowsley Heights fire · 0.6 km

  The Knowsley Heights fire occurred on 5 April 1991 at the 11-story Knowsley Heights tower block in Huyton, Merseyside. No-one was injured in the fire.

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  W Carroll Group · 0.7 km

  W Carroll Group is a Liverpool-based waste management and construction group composed of the W Carroll & Sons Ltd, Carroll Waste Ltd and Carroll Properties companies. The group employs around 90 people and has a total…

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  Knowsley South · 0.9 km

  Knowsley South was a constituency in Merseyside, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

• C.F. Mott College of Education · 0.9 km

  The C.F. Mott College of Education was a college located in Huyton and Prescot in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley of Merseyside.

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  St Thomas Becket Catholic High School · 0.9 km

  St Thomas Becket Catholic High School was a Roman Catholic secondary school located in the Huyton area of Liverpool. In its final year, the school had only 90 pupils and 32 members of staff. It closed in July 2008.

• Huyton Hill Preparatory School · 1.0 km

  Huyton Hill Preparatory School was a school for boys ages 8 to 13 focused on preparation for entering a Public School, open from 1926 to 1969.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)