Kirkby

9°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:31

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

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)

262 food businesses within 2 miles

• 199 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
• 16 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

• 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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 19% · Imports 3%

77 gCO₂/kWh · low 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