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Ince Blundell

Ince Blundell is a village in Merseyside, England, with a population of around 516. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 4 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Hightown, 2.2 km away, and there were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ince Blundell 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

15°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

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 300% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4

Neighbourhood team: Ravenmeols · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Theft in Formby - Recent months have seen a rise in retail crime in this area. We aim to target offenders and reduce offending.
  • Numerous reports of large groups of youths causing issues with E-Bikes and scramblers.

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

32 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 27 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hightown (2.2 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hightown (2.2 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 (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Eurogarages Ince Blundell (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 22 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

Bill Esterson

Labour

Sefton Central

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

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

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £24,076 avg

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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

84% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 56% · Wind 25% · Imports 10% · Gas 6%

27 gCO₂/kWh · 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ince Blundell · 0.0 km

    Ince Blundell is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in the ceremonial county of Merseyside and historic county of Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north of Liverpool on the A565…

  • Lady Green, Merseyside · 0.4 km

    Lady Green is a hamlet half a mile east of Ince Blundell, in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is a traditional grouping of farm buildings built on medieval footings.

  • Carr Houses · 0.6 km

    Carr Houses is a hamlet situated half a mile east of Ince Blundell, in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is a traditional grouping of farm buildings built on medieval footings. Rigmaiden Farm and Cottage date back to th…

  • Church of the Holy Family, Ince Blundell · 0.6 km

    The Church of the Holy Family is attached to the service wing of Ince Blundell Hall, near the village of Ince Blundell, Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is both an estate church and an active Roman Catholic parish chur…

  • Ince Blundell Hall · 0.7 km

    Ince Blundell Hall is a former country house near the village of Ince Blundell, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. It was built between 1720 and 1750 for Robert Blundell, the lord of the manor…

  • Manor (Sefton ward) · 1.5 km

    Manor is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Sefton Central Parliamentary constituency that covers the localities of Thornton, Little Crosby, and Hightown. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ince Blundell?
Ince Blundell is a town in Merseyside, England, in the Sefton local authority.
What is the population of Ince Blundell?
Ince Blundell has an approximate settlement population of 516.
How deprived is Ince Blundell?
The Sefton local authority, which includes Ince Blundell, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.