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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in Merseyside, England, with a population of around 496,770. It has 4 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and around 33 restaurants and cafés, with 53 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Wavertree Technology Park, 0.2 km away. The average sold house price is around £228,364. There were around 1,690 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 Liverpool area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Liverpool area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 486,088 residents at roughly 4,346 people per km².

Council
Liverpool
County
Merseyside
Constituency
Liverpool, Wavertree
Police force
Merseyside
24/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 291st of 294 English council areas — better than 1% of them.

Low crime3
Home affordability96
Affordable rents79
Good schools13
Life expectancy11
Low deprivation1
Employment11
Low council tax4

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

14°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 17° / 13° · 53% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:39

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

Crime

1776 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences489
  • Drugs271
  • Shoplifting211
  • Anti-social behaviour209

1058 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Brownlow Hill · Merseyside

Local policing priorities

  • We are responding to community concerns linked to drug and alcohol related anti social behaviour in the ward. Over the last month we are…

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

Road safety

841 reported road collisions (2024)

164 killed or seriously injured · 1,013 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 301 rated 4–5 ★ (249 top)
  • 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Liverpool Lime Street (0.3 km)
  • 118 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Liverpool Lime Street (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£185,307 average 7.2% YoY

Across Liverpool · to 2026-06

Detached£390,301
Semi-detached£235,017
Terraced£175,417
Flat£128,004

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£909 average monthly rent 5.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £683
  • 2 bed £834
  • 3 bed £959

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

4.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.7 times median annual pay (4.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (2.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (1.4 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Vauxhall, Marybone (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms9
  • Sports pitches38
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

486,088 residents in Liverpool · 4,346/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 68%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 4 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

49% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,674 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 241,830)

A £1,782
B £2,079
C £2,377
D £2,674
E £3,268
F £3,862
G £4,456
H £5,347

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

Schools

194 schools · 78,163 pupils

113 primary · 32 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 57 of 73 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

169inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Archbishop Blanch CofE High SchoolOutstanding
  • Archbishop Beck Catholic CollegeGood
  • Broughton Hall Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Calderstones SchoolGood
  • Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Childwall Sports & Science AcademyGood
  • King David High SchoolGood
  • St John Bosco Arts CollegeGood
  • St Margaret's Church of England AcademyGood
  • The Academy of St NicholasGood
  • The Blue Coat SchoolGood
  • West Derby SchoolGood
  • Alsop High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Dixons Fazakerley AcademyRequires improvement
  • Gateacre SchoolRequires improvement
  • Notre Dame Catholic AcademyRequires improvement
  • St Francis Xavier's Catholic AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Academy of St Francis of AssisiRequires improvement
  • Dixons Croxteth AcademyInadequate
  • Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
  • Dixons Broadgreen Academy
  • Holly Lodge Girls' College
  • King's Leadership Academy Wavertree
  • King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
  • Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
  • North Liverpool Academy
  • Purple Ruler
  • St Edward's College
  • St Hilda's Church of England High School
  • St Julie's Catholic High School
  • The Belvedere Academy
  • The Studio School Liverpool

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Liverpool

Care & health services

492 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes86
  • GP practices123
  • Dentists103
  • Homecare agencies109
  • Hospitals & hospices22

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 13 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Liverpool

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

470 applications decided

85.7% granted · 403 granted, 67 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Kim Johnson

Labour

Liverpool Riverside

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 56
  • LD 13
  • Grn 4
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools16
  • GPs & clinics10
  • Pharmacies9
  • Supermarkets15
  • Parks & greens165
  • Restaurants & cafés463

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

18,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6,204 jobs advertised · £41,010 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - North West, Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£727 median full-time weekly pay

5.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,871 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 294,039 certificates

14.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

72% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 21% · Imports 4%

95 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.7 women · 55.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.1
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Liverpool Riverside:

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

Notable places nearby

  • County Sessions House, Liverpool · 0.1 km

    The County Sessions House is a former courthouse in Liverpool, England. It stands at the top of William Brown Street and is adjacent to the Walker Art Gallery, the Steble Fountain and Wellington's Column. It now provi…

  • South Scotland (Liverpool ward) · 0.1 km

    South Scotland is a defunct Liverpool electoral ward. It was created in the late 19th century following the division of the original Scotland ward and existed until the 20th century.

  • Wellington's Column · 0.1 km

    Wellington's Column, or the Waterloo Memorial, is a monument to the Duke of Wellington standing on the corner of William Brown Street and Lime Street in Liverpool, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List…

  • Walker Art Gallery · 0.1 km

    The Walker Art Gallery is a Grade II* listed art gallery in Liverpool which houses one of the largest art collections in England outside London. It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group.

  • 1922 UCI Road World Championships · 0.1 km

    The 1922 UCI Road World Championships was the second edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. The championships took place in Liverpool, United Kingdom on Th…

  • Liverpool Coach Station · 0.1 km

    Liverpool Coach Station was a major coach station in Liverpool, England which offered services to 122 destinations throughout the United Kingdom provided by National Express. It opened in November 1994 and was closed…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Liverpool?
Liverpool is a town in Merseyside, England, in the Liverpool local authority.
What is the population of Liverpool?
Liverpool has an approximate settlement population of 496,770.
How deprived is Liverpool?
The Liverpool local authority, which includes Liverpool, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.