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Southport

Southport is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 91,703. It has around 30 bus stops, 1 supermarket, and 2 restaurants and cafés, with the nearest railway station being Meols Cop, 1.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £262,251. There were around 329 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 Southport 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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:33

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, 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

346 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences127
  • Shoplifting41
  • Public order38
  • Anti-social behaviour32

105 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Duke's · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • Anti- Social Behaviour in and around the Town Centre. We aim to work with partners to reduce the amount of anti social behaviour and ensu…
  • Serious Violence - Reducing the incidents and fear of violence in the Town Centre area.

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

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 468 rated 4–5 ★ (450 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Southport Princes Park (0.4 km)
  • 71 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Southport (0.5 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons Southport (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds3

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

  • In a conservation area (Lord Street Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 138 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

Patrick Hurley

Labour

Southport

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens25
  • Restaurants & cafés153

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

356 jobs advertised · £39,622 avg

e.g. Registered Home Manager - NMC or HCPC registered, Care Assistant, Support Worker / Coach

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 22% · Imports 2%

88 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

15 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in PR8

  • Cumberland House Surgery
  • Ainsdale Medical Centre
  • Christiana Hartley Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Southport:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Garrick Theatre, Southport · 0.1 km

    The Garrick Theatre is a former theatre, cinema and bingo hall in Southport, Merseyside, England. it is noted for its Art Deco style, and it is a Grade II listed building.

  • Southport Lord Street railway station · 0.1 km

    Southport Lord Street was a railway station located on Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England. It was the terminus of the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway from Liverpool.

  • Southport (constituency) · 0.2 km

    Southport is a constituency in Merseyside which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Hurley of the Labour Party.

  • Dukes (ward) · 0.2 km

    Dukes is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the western part of the localities of Birkdale and Hillside in the town of Southport. The ward population taken at…

  • Atkinson Art Gallery and Library · 0.3 km

    The Atkinson is a building on the east side of Lord Street extending round the corner into Eastbank Street, Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, England. The building is a combination of two former buildings, the original…

  • Southport & District Reform Synagogue · 0.3 km

    Southport & District Reform Synagogue, also known as Sha'arei Shalom, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at the corner of Princes Street and Portland Street, Southport, in the Metropolitan Borough…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Southport?
Southport is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Lancashire local authority.
What is the population of Southport?
Southport has an approximate settlement population of 91,703.
How deprived is Southport?
The West Lancashire local authority, which includes Southport, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.