Kirkby

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:33

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

• 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

311 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences119
• Anti-social behaviour44
• Criminal damage & arson35
• Public order30

63 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Whitefield · Merseyside

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

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)

260 food businesses within 2 miles

• 199 rated 4–5 ★ (162 top)
• 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kirkby (0.9 km)
• 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£191,550 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Knowsley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.9 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

124 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Kirkby Town Centre (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,488 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Knowsley

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

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

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

73 applications decided

97.3% granted · 71 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Anneliese Midgley

Labour

Knowsley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

65 jobs advertised · £38,464 avg

e.g. MIG Welder Fabricator (Pipefitting Training), Kirkby Assistant Manager, Kirkby E-Bike Delivery Cyclist

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

74% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 23% · Solar 8%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in L32

• Millbrook Medical Centre
• St. Laurence'S Medical Centre
• The Macmillan Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Knowsley:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth348 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND232 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK126 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases104 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after96 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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  Kirkby · 0.2 km

  Kirkby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. The town, historically in Lancashire, has a size of 4,070 acres (16.5 km2) is 5 miles (8 km) north of Huyton and 6 miles (10 km) north-eas…

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  The Kirkby Project · 0.3 km

  The Kirkby Project was a proposed new football stadium in Kirkby for Everton. The stadium, if built, would have replaced Goodison Park as Everton's home ground. The plan originated in 2006, was the subject of a Public…

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  St Chad's Church, Kirkby · 0.3 km

  St Chad's Church is in Old Hall Lane, Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Huyton, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice i…

• All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby · 0.6 km

  All Saints Catholic High School is a Knowsley based Roman Catholic secondary school educating pupils aged 11–18 years of age in the Kirkby area of Merseyside, England. The school also operates a sixth form.

• Kirkby Urban District · 0.7 km

  Kirkby Urban District was a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England, from 1958 to 1974. From 1949 onwards, the main settlement of the district was Kirkby new town. A District C…

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  Kirkby train crash · 0.9 km

  On 13 March 2021, a Class 507 train operated by Merseyrail collided with the buffer stops at Kirkby railway station in Merseyside, England. The train had passed the start of the 15 mph (24 km/h) speed restriction for…

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