Crosby (Sefton)

11°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:36

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

232 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences99
• Anti-social behaviour37
• Public order21
• Shoplifting16

31 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Victoria · Merseyside

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

312 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 11.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

464 food businesses within 2 miles

• 368 rated 4–5 ★ (273 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Waterloo (1.0 km)
• 58 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£221,105 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£938 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £622
• 2 bed £814
• 3 bed £993

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

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

3,475 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 (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.6 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

83 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Crosby Park Nissan (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches58
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,641
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,564
• Net moves+3,077

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 110 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

116 schools · 41,789 pupils

74 primary · 18 secondary · 24 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sefton

289 CQC-registered services

• Care homes112
• GP practices54
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies50
• Hospitals & hospices8

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sefton

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

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

267 applications decided

95.5% granted · 255 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Peter Dowd

Labour

Bootle

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools26
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés38

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% 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

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Nuclear 27% · Wind 23% · Imports 3%

188 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in L23

• Liverpool Rd Medical Practice
• Blundellsands Surgery
• Great Crosby And Thornton

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bootle:

• Add specific content on men’s mental health to RSE & health guidance for schools406 local signatures · 2,991 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth300 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND241 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices97 local signatures · 8,814 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK96 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby · 0.1 km

  Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby is a 7–18 boys private day school, located in Great Crosby on Merseyside. The school's motto is that of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors: Concordia Parvae Res Crescunt.

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  Merchant Taylors' Girls' School · 0.1 km

  Merchant Taylors' Girls' School is a selective private girls' school in Great Crosby, Merseyside, England.

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  St. Mary's College, Crosby · 0.5 km

  St. Mary's College is an independent Roman Catholic coeducational day school in Crosby, Merseyside, about seven miles north of Liverpool. It comprises an early years department "Bright Sparks", preparatory school know…

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  Marine A.F.C. · 0.7 km

  Marine Association Football Club is an English football club based in Crosby, Merseyside. The club, which was founded in 1894, is a member of both the Liverpool County and Lancashire County Football Associations, and…

• Sefton Rural District · 0.7 km

  Sefton was a rural district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1932.

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  Brighton-le-Sands, Merseyside · 0.7 km

  Brighton-le-Sands is an area of Merseyside, England, in the borough of Sefton. It is located close to Crosby, situated between Blundellsands to the north, Waterloo to the south and Great Crosby to the east.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)