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St Michaels

Ward

Central Knowsley. About 9,631 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 78% of people in St Michaels live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,372
2,745th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
78%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Michaels compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

St MichaelsMiddle
Population15 wards, Knowsley · 2021
Population: every ward in Knowsley15 areas from 9,077 to 11,866. The middle area is 10,349. St Michaels is 9,372.
9,3722nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares15 wards, Knowsley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Knowsley15 areas from 0.0% to 92.0%. The middle area is 13.0%. St Michaels is 78.0%.
78%2nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage15 wards, Knowsley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Knowsley15 areas from 90.5% to 99.7%. The middle area is 98.2%. St Michaels is 99.2%.
99.2%3rd highest
Claimant rate15 wards, Knowsley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Knowsley15 areas from 1.8% to 6.3%. The middle area is 4.3%. St Michaels is 5.3%.
5.3%joint 3rd highest

Is St Michaels safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Michaels at a rate of 90.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across Knowsley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 72 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Michaels.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (472), other crime (161) and drug offences (132).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Knowsley

These figures are published for the whole of Knowsley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Knowsley and not St Michaels alone. See Knowsley

Average house price
£188,527
Up 0.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,543
143rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.0×
Joint 43rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
36.2
13th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Michaels in brief

St Michaels had 9,372 usual residents at the census.

About 78% of people in St Michaels live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St Michaels, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Michaels, 5.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.