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Huyton with Roby

Huyton with Roby is a town or village in Merseyside, England, offering around 8 GP surgeries, 8 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 1 park or green, and around 32 restaurants and cafés, along with 53 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Huyton, 0.4 km away. There were around 286 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 Huyton with Roby area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Knowsley area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 154,519 residents at roughly 1,787 people per km².

Council
Knowsley
County
Merseyside
Constituency
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside
36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 258th of 294 English council areas — better than 12% of them.

Low crime34
Home affordability94
Affordable rents89
Good schools20
Life expectancy6
Low deprivation6
Employment26
Low council tax35

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

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 38% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:35

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

263 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences108
  • Anti-social behaviour46
  • Criminal damage & arson32
  • Drugs21

149 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Roby · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • ASB Bowring Park / Huyton Village

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

Road safety

181 reported road collisions (2025)

28 killed or seriously injured · 215 casualties · 11.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

433 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 309 rated 4–5 ★ (224 top)
  • 45 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Huyton (0.4 km)
  • 74 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Huyton (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£191,550 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Knowsley · to 2026-08

Detached£305,093
Semi-detached£201,409
Terraced£155,316
Flat£98,202

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£858 average monthly rent▲ 11.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £601
  • 2 bed £767
  • 3 bed £929

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

Affordability

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,606 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 (7.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)

25 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: Archway Road, Huyton (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches32
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,519 residents in Knowsley · 1,787/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,469
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,795
  • Net moves+1,674

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 17 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

40% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,488 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 71,760)

A £1,659
B £1,935
C £2,212
D £2,488
E £3,041
F £3,594
G £4,147
H £4,977

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

Schools

62 schools · 21,497 pupils

49 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 21 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • All Saints Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Kirkby High SchoolGood
  • Lord Derby AcademyGood
  • Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Prescot SchoolRequires improvement
  • Halewood Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Knowsley

Care & health services

125 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes29
  • GP practices25
  • Dentists27
  • Homecare agencies24
  • Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Knowsley

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

73 applications decided

97.3% granted · 71 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Anneliese Midgley

Labour

Knowsley

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 24
  • LD 3
  • Grn 8
  • Ref 4
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools16
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens734
  • Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£733 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,287 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

59% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 83,013 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 25% · Imports 3%

97 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80.9 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.7 women · 54 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

19 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in L36

  • Dinas Lane Medical Centre
  • Cornerways Medical Centre
  • Aston Healthcare Limited

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Knowsley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Huyton Municipal Building · 0.1 km

    Huyton Municipal Building is a municipal building in Archway Road, Huyton, a town in Merseyside, England. The building currently serves as the headquarters of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

  • Huyton · 0.2 km

    Huyton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Built-up Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Netherley.

  • Huyton with Roby Urban District · 0.2 km

    Huyton with Roby Urban District was a local government district in Lancashire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It consisted of the civil parish of Huyton with Roby which comprised the settlements of Huyton and Roby. It re…

  • Huyton railway station · 0.3 km

    Huyton railway station serves Huyton in Merseyside, England. The station is an interchange between the Liverpool-Wigan Line and the northern route of the Liverpool-Manchester Line which diverge soon after the station.…

  • Huyton Hill Preparatory School · 0.5 km

    Huyton Hill Preparatory School was a school for boys ages 8 to 13 focused on preparation for entering a Public School, open from 1926 to 1969.

  • Lord Derby Academy · 0.7 km

    Lord Derby Academy (LDA) is a coeducational secondary school founded in the mid-20th century. It has an academy status and is located in Huyton in the English county of Merseyside.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Huyton with Roby?
Huyton with Roby is a town in Merseyside, England, in the Knowsley local authority.
How deprived is Huyton with Roby?
The Knowsley local authority, which includes Huyton with Roby, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.