Southport
Southport is a town in Merseyside, England, with a population of around 91,703. It has around 61 bus stops, 1 school, 1 GP surgery, 6 pharmacies, 3 supermarkets, and 156 restaurants and cafés, with the nearest railway station being Southport, 1 km away. The average sold house price is around £262,251. There were around 329 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 Southport area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Sefton area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 279,233 residents at roughly 1,783 people per km².
- Council
- Sefton
- County
- Merseyside
- Constituency
- Southport
- Police force
- Merseyside
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 231st of 294 English council areas — better than 21% of them.
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
18°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 18° / 11° · 87% rain
- Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:37
12h 59m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Blackpool Marton, United Kingdom
Crime
373 reported · July 2026▼ 5% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences143
- Anti-social behaviour67
- Public order41
- Shoplifting36
95 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Duke's · Merseyside
Local policing priorities
- Anti- Social Behaviour in and around the Town Centre. We aim to work with partners to reduce the amount of anti social behaviour and ensu…
- Serious Violence - Reducing the incidents and fear of violence in the Town Centre area.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
297 reported road collisions (2024)
72 killed or seriously injured · 382 casualties · 10.6 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 440 rated 4–5 ★ (423 top)
- 5 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Southport Princes Park (0.4 km)
- 71 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Southport (0.5 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£225,433 average▲ 5.2% YoY
Across Sefton · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£935 average monthly rent▲ 5.5% YoY
- 1 bed £621
- 2 bed £811
- 3 bed £990
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
8 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
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
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres3
- Gyms2
- Sports pitches8
- Playgrounds3
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)
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 89 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£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
Schools
116 schools · 41,789 pupils
74 primary · 18 secondary · 24 other
Ofsted: 40 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)
103inspected 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
287 CQC-registered services
- Care homes111
- 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
- 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)
Planning decisions
256 applications decided
90.6% granted · 232 granted, 24 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Patrick Hurley
Labour
Southport
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoClosure motion
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) 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
- Schools6
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies6
- Supermarkets6
- Parks & greens25
- Restaurants & cafés153
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
9,400 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
388 jobs advertised · £39,647 avg
e.g. Clinical Deputy Manager, Care Practitioner, Kitchen Assistant - Part Time - Southport
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£748 median full-time weekly pay
3.7% 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
93% low-carbon electricity
Wind 69% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4% · Gas 3%
14 gCO₂/kWh · very low 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Southport:
- Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices1,210 local signatures · 7,817 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office398 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s319 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Fund a medical cannabis trial for children left without NHS access since 2018315 local signatures · 5,854 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Garrick Theatre, Southport · 0.1 kmThe 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.
- 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.
Southport (constituency) · 0.2 kmSouthport 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…
Atkinson Art Gallery and Library · 0.3 kmThe 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)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Southport?
- Southport is a town in Merseyside, England, in the Sefton local authority.
- What is the population of Southport?
- Southport has an approximate settlement population of 91,703.
- How deprived is Southport?
- The Sefton local authority, which includes Southport, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.