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Aintree

Aintree is a village in Merseyside, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has 1 pharmacy and 2 restaurants and cafés, 29 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Old Roan, 0.8 km away. There were around 214 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 Aintree area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Sefton area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 279,233 residents at roughly 1,783 people per km².

Council
Sefton
County
Merseyside
Constituency
Sefton Central
Police force
Merseyside
40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 231st of 294 English council areas — better than 21% of them.

Low crime45
Home affordability69
Affordable rents56
Good schools37
Life expectancy30
Low deprivation28
Employment36
Low council tax16

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

16°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 18° / 15° · 60% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:35

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

236 reported · July 2026 19% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences106
  • Shoplifting27
  • Anti-social behaviour24
  • Criminal damage & arson23

29 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Molyneux · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting continues to be an issue within the retail parks.

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

Road safety

297 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 382 casualties · 10.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 359 rated 4–5 ★ (289 top)
  • 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Aintree (0.3 km)
  • 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aintree (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£225,433 average 5.2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-06

Detached£400,086
Semi-detached£250,139
Terraced£184,254
Flat£127,660

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£935 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £621
  • 2 bed £811
  • 3 bed £990

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

Affordability

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (5.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Aintree Racecourse (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches20
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

279,233 residents in Sefton · 1,783/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 89 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 131,350)

A £1,722
B £2,009
C £2,296
D £2,583
E £3,157
F £3,731
G £4,305
H £5,166

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

Schools

116 schools · 41,789 pupils

74 primary · 18 secondary · 24 other

Ofsted: 40 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

103inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreGood
  • Formby High SchoolGood
  • Greenbank High SchoolGood
  • Hillside High SchoolGood
  • King's Leadership Academy HawthornesGood
  • Litherland High SchoolGood
  • Maghull High SchoolGood
  • Maricourt Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Meols Cop High SchoolGood
  • Range High SchoolGood
  • St Michaels Church of England AcademyInadequate
  • The Salesian Academy of St John BoscoInadequate
  • Birkdale High School
  • Chesterfield High School
  • Deyes High School
  • Holy Family Catholic High School
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
  • Stanley High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sefton

Care & health services

287 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes111
  • GP practices54
  • Dentists51
  • Homecare agencies50
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sefton

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

256 applications decided

90.6% granted · 232 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dan Carden

Labour

Liverpool Walton

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 36
  • LD 17
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 4
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens75
  • Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

49 jobs advertised · £28,142 avg

e.g. Cook, Online Law Tutoring Job in Aintree – Flexible Schedule, Become a Computer science Tutor in Aintree – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,038 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 140,983 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

91% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 55% · Wind 32% · Imports 6% · Biomass 5%

18 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.5 women · 59 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in L10

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Liverpool Walton:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Aintree railway station · 0.3 km

    Aintree railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Aintree, Merseyside, England. It is on the Ormskirk branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. Until 1968 it was known as Aintree Sefton A…

  • Aintree Central railway station · 0.5 km

    Aintree Central railway station was a station located on the North Liverpool Extension Line on Park Lane, Aintree, Merseyside, across Park Lane from the current Aintree station.

  • Aintree Racecourse railway station · 0.6 km

    Aintree Racecourse railway station was a station located on the North Mersey Branch, in Sefton, England. It originally opened as Aintree Cinder Lane around 1890 as the only station on the line at the time, only openin…

  • Aintree Racecourse · 0.7 km

    Aintree Racecourse is a racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England, near Liverpool. The racecourse is the venue for the Grand National steeplechase, which takes place annually in April over three days. Aintree also ho…

  • Grand National · 0.7 km

    The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England, near Liverpool. First run in 1839 as the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase, it is a handicap steeplechas…

  • Bootle F.C. · 0.7 km

    Bootle Football Club is an English football club based in Bootle, Merseyside. The club are members of the Northern Premier League Division One West and play at New Bucks Park.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Aintree?
Aintree is a town in Merseyside, England, in the Sefton local authority.
How deprived is Aintree?
The Sefton local authority, which includes Aintree, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.