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Liverpool

Liverpool is a town or village in Merseyside, England. It has 54 bus stops and Wavertree Technology Park railway station is 0.1 km away. The area offers 3 GPs & clinics, 6 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 26 restaurants & cafés. There were around 572 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 2 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Liverpool is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 486,088 residents at roughly 4,346 people per km².

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My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 290th of 294 English council areas — better than 1% of them.

Low crime3
Home affordability96
Affordable rents80
Good schools13
Life expectancy6
Low deprivation4
Employment11
Low council tax4

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:36

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

545 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences219
  • Anti-social behaviour57
  • Public order55
  • Drugs46

180 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Old Swan West · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • Retail crime

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

Road safety

853 reported road collisions (2025)

212 killed or seriously injured · 1,130 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 282 rated 4–5 ★ (205 top)
  • 55 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wavertree Technology Park (0.1 km)
  • 54 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wavertree Technology Park (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£188,427 average▲ 4.7% YoY

Across Liverpool · to 2026-08

Detached£397,175
Semi-detached£238,914
Terraced£178,929
Flat£128,941

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£913 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £686
  • 2 bed £837
  • 3 bed £963

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

4,446 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (3.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (5 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Liverpool Shopping Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms3
  • Sports pitches76
  • Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

486,088 residents in Liverpool · 4,346/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 68%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK43,114
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK46,319
  • Net moves−3,205

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 12 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

37% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,674 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 241,830)

A £1,782
B £2,079
C £2,377
D £2,674
E £3,268
F £3,862
G £4,456
H £5,347

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

Schools

195 schools · 77,952 pupils

114 primary · 32 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 57 of 73 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Archbishop Blanch CofE High SchoolOutstanding
  • Archbishop Beck Catholic CollegeGood
  • Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Calderstones SchoolGood
  • Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Childwall Sports & Science AcademyGood
  • King David High SchoolGood
  • St John Bosco Arts CollegeGood
  • St Margaret's Church of England AcademyGood
  • The Academy of St NicholasGood
  • The Blue Coat SchoolGood
  • West Derby SchoolGood
  • Alsop High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Dixons Fazakerley AcademyRequires improvement
  • Gateacre SchoolRequires improvement
  • Notre Dame Catholic AcademyRequires improvement
  • St Francis Xavier's Catholic AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Academy of St Francis of AssisiRequires improvement
  • Dixons Croxteth AcademyInadequate
  • Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
  • Dixons Broadgreen Academy
  • Holly Lodge Girls' College
  • King's Leadership Academy Wavertree
  • King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
  • Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
  • North Liverpool Academy
  • Purple Ruler
  • St Edward's College
  • St Hilda's Church of England High School
  • St Julie's Catholic High School
  • The Belvedere Academy
  • The Studio School Liverpool

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Liverpool

Care & health services

493 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes88
  • GP practices123
  • Dentists105
  • Homecare agencies106
  • Hospitals & hospices22

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 12 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Liverpool

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

489 applications decided

85.9% granted · 420 granted, 69 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Ian Byrne

Labour

Liverpool West Derby

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 56
  • LD 13
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools23
  • GPs & clinics6
  • Pharmacies7
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens105
  • Restaurants & cafés62

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

18,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

4,619 jobs advertised · £42,489 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Electrical Design Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£727 median full-time weekly pay

5.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,871 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 294,039 certificates

14.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Nuclear 25% · Wind 20% · Solar 6%

185 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.7 women · 55.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.1
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

14 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in L13

  • Rathbone Hospital
  • Rock Court Surgery
  • Old Swan Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Liverpool West Derby:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Wavertree Technology Park railway station · 0.1 km

    Wavertree Technology Park railway station serves the Wavertree suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside, England. It lies at the western end of Olive Mount cutting, on the original Liverpool-Manchester line. Services are op…

  • Olive Mount chord · 0.3 km

    The Olive Mount chord in Liverpool, England, is a 300-metre stretch of railway track between Olive Mount Junction, in Olive Mount cutting, and Edge Lane Junction that provides access to the Canada Dock Branch.

  • Wavertree Technology Park · 0.3 km

    Wavertree Technology Park is a technology park in the Wavertree area of Liverpool, England between the city centre and the M62 motorway. It comprises single storey parades of pavilion-style office units.

  • Liverpool Shopping Park · 0.4 km

    Liverpool Shopping Park is an out of town retail park located in Edge Lane, Liverpool, England. It is the biggest retail park in Liverpool, overtaking the New Mersey Retail Park in Speke, and has the world's largest L…

  • Edge Lane railway station · 0.5 km

    Edge Lane railway station was on the Canada Dock Branch in Liverpool, England.

  • Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust · 0.6 km

    The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust was an NHS Trust in Liverpool. It managed the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Liverpool University Dental Hospital.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in Liverpool