My Area UK

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 (IoD2025). 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 224th of 294 English council areas — better than 24% of them.

Low crime45
Home affordability69
Affordable rents56
Good schools36
Life expectancy26
Low deprivation37
Employment34
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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:36

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

  • Burglary1

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

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)

Food hygiene

32 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 27 rated 4–5 ★ (25 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):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£221,105 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-08

Detached£386,996
Semi-detached£246,240
Terraced£181,535
Flat£125,367

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

11 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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

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%)

103 inspected 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

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

267 applications decided

95.5% granted · 255 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Bill Esterson

Labour

Sefton Central

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

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

9,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 19% · Solar 9%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in L38

  • Hightown Village Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sefton Central:

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

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)

Compare Sefton with nearby areas

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 IoD2025.