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Maghull

Maghull is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 26,997. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, with 13 bus stops and Maghull North railway station 1 km away. There were around 83 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Maghull area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lancashire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 117,431 residents at roughly 339 people per km².

Council
West Lancashire
County
Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Police force
Lancashire
62/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 62nd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime92
Home affordability67
Affordable rents80
Good schools37
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation59
Employment62
Low council tax44

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

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:37

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

41US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

71 reported · August 2026▼ 22% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences24
  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Burglary6
  • Other theft6

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sudell · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle crime - There has been an increase in Theft of and thefts from motor vehicles.
  • Youth related anti social behaviour.

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

Road safety

185 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 254 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

135 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 121 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Maghull (1.3 km)
  • 56 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Maghull (1.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£240,850 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across West Lancashire · to 2026-08

Detached£379,602
Semi-detached£235,020
Terraced£182,007
Flat£124,672

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£805 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £588
  • 2 bed £731
  • 3 bed £845

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

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,476 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 (10 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

59 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Meadows Leisure Centre (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms3
  • Sports pitches47
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,431 residents in West Lancashire · 339/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,994
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,457
  • Net moves+1,537

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,456 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (28% of 52,760)

A £1,637
B £1,910
C £2,183
D £2,456
E £3,002
F £3,548
G £4,094
H £4,912

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

Schools

73 schools · 16,020 pupils

55 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Burscough Priory AcademyGood
  • Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeGood
  • Ormskirk School
  • St Bede's Catholic High School
  • Tarleton Academy
  • Up Holland High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lancashire

Care & health services

1,255 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes424
  • GP practices184
  • Dentists248
  • Homecare agencies288
  • Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lancashire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

154 applications decided

85.1% granted · 131 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Bill Esterson

Labour

Sefton Central

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • 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

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 13
  • Con 12
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens80
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

33 jobs advertised · £37,044 avg

e.g. SEND Teaching Assistant, Associate Dentist, Maghull Shift Runner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£788 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,532 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,300 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Nuclear 27% · Wind 25% · Imports 3%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lancashire): 60.3 women · 59.3 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

13 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in L31

  • Ashworth (Secured) Practice
  • Ashworth Hospital - Bcss Inpatient Unit
  • High Pastures Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Deyes High School · 0.2 km

    Deyes High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated in Maghull on the outskirts of Liverpool, England.

  • Maghull · 0.3 km

    Maghull is a town and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside, England. The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby. The town is also the location of Ashworth Hospital.

  • Park (Sefton ward) · 0.5 km

    Park is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Sefton Central Parliamentary constituency that covers the villages of Sefton, Lunt, Lydiate and the western part of the town of Maghull, England.

  • Maghull F.C. · 0.9 km

    Maghull Football Club are a football club based in Maghull, Merseyside, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties Football League Division One North, having previously played in the West Cheshire…

  • Maricourt Catholic School · 0.9 km

    Maricourt Catholic High School, in Maghull, Merseyside, United Kingdom, formerly Mater Misericordiae Grammar School, was one of two Roman Catholic secondary schools administered by the Sisters of Mercy in Merseyside,…

  • Sudell (ward) · 1.0 km

    Sudell is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Sefton Central Parliamentary constituency that covers the eastern part of the town of Maghull including the village of Kennessee Green. The population of this war…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Maghull?
Maghull is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Lancashire local authority.
What is the population of Maghull?
Maghull has an approximate settlement population of 26,997.
How deprived is Maghull?
The West Lancashire local authority, which includes Maghull, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.