Bootle (Sefton)

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:36

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

• 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

444 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences170
• Anti-social behaviour53
• Public order41
• Criminal damage & arson34

139 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Waterfront North · Merseyside

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

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 305 rated 4–5 ★ (228 top)
• 34 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bank Hall (0.6 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£188,427 average▲ 4.7% YoY

Across Liverpool · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (2.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (2.6 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Johnsons Hyundai Liverpool (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,674 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Liverpool

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

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

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

489 applications decided

85.9% granted · 420 granted, 69 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Kim Johnson

Labour

Liverpool Riverside

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 56
• LD 13
• Grn 4
• Oth 12

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 26% · Imports 3%

113 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

15 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in L20

• Aintree Road Medical Centre
• Bootle Village Surgery
• Moore Street Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Liverpool Riverside:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth187 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND174 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements131 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK103 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks95 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

• Miller's Bridge railway station · 0.4 km

  Miller's Bridge railway station was a station in Bootle, Lancashire, England, which opened in 1851 and closed in 1876.

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  Bootle Balliol Road railway station · 0.4 km

  Balliol Road railway station was on the Alexandra Dock Branch, Bootle, Merseyside, England, it opened on 5 September 1881 and closed to passengers on 31 May 1948. Goods trains to and from Seaforth Dock still pass thro…

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  Metropolitan Borough of Sefton · 0.5 km

  The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974, by the amalgamation of the county boroughs of Bootle and Southport, the municipal borough of Crosby,…

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  Carriers' Dock · 0.5 km

  Carriers' Dock was a dock on the River Mersey, England, and part of the Port of Liverpool. The dock was situated in the northern dock system and connected to Brocklebank Dock to the west.

• Brocklebank Dock railway station · 0.5 km

  Brocklebank Dock was a railway station on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, adjacent to the dock of the same name. It became particularly busy after Langton Dock station was closed in 1906, with workers of the Langton D…

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  Bootle Town Hall · 0.5 km

  Bootle Town Hall is a municipal building in Oriel Road in Bootle, Merseyside, England. The building, which is the headquarters of Sefton Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)