Penny Lane
WardSouth Liverpool. About 6,380 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Penny Lane live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Penny Lane compares
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Is Penny Lane safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Penny Lane at a rate of 90.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 136.4 per 1,000 people across Liverpool.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Penny Lane.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (148), anti-social behaviour (107) and other crime (95).
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 Liverpool
These figures are published for the whole of Liverpool, not for each ward, so they describe all of Liverpool and not Penny Lane alone. See Liverpool
Penny Lane in brief
Penny Lane had 6,288 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Penny Lane live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Penny Lane, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Penny Lane, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.