Southport

8°CClear

• Today: 12° / 7° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:33

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom

• 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

346 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences127
• Shoplifting41
• Public order38
• Anti-social behaviour32

105 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Duke's · Merseyside

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

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 468 rated 4–5 ★ (450 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Southport Princes Park (0.4 km)
• 71 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£221,105 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Sefton · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Southport (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

279,233 residents in Sefton · 1,783/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 131,350)

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sefton

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

• In a conservation area (Lord Street Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 138 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

267 applications decided

95.5% granted · 255 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Patrick Hurley

Labour

Southport

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 36
• LD 17
• Grn 3
• Ref 4
• Oth 6

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens25
• Restaurants & cafés153

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

356 jobs advertised · £39,622 avg

e.g. Registered Home Manager - NMC or HCPC registered, Care Assistant, Support Worker / Coach

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 22% · Imports 2%

88 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

15 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in PR8

• Cumberland House Surgery
• Ainsdale Medical Centre
• Christiana Hartley Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Southport:

• Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices1,342 local signatures · 8,814 nationwide
• Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018348 local signatures · 6,235 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth198 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND195 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK141 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• 
  Garrick Theatre, Southport · 0.1 km

  The Garrick Theatre is a former theatre, cinema and bingo hall in Southport, Merseyside, England. it is noted for its Art Deco style, and it is a Grade II listed building.

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  Southport Lord Street railway station · 0.1 km

  Southport Lord Street was a railway station located on Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, England. It was the terminus of the Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway from Liverpool.

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  Southport (constituency) · 0.2 km

  Southport is a constituency in Merseyside which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Hurley of the Labour Party.

• Dukes (ward) · 0.2 km

  Dukes is a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward in the Southport Parliamentary constituency that covers the western part of the localities of Birkdale and Hillside in the town of Southport. The ward population taken at…

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  Atkinson Art Gallery and Library · 0.3 km

  The Atkinson is a building on the east side of Lord Street extending round the corner into Eastbank Street, Southport, Sefton, Merseyside, England. The building is a combination of two former buildings, the original…

• Southport & District Reform Synagogue · 0.3 km

  Southport & District Reform Synagogue, also known as Sha'arei Shalom, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at the corner of Princes Street and Portland Street, Southport, in the Metropolitan Borough…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)