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West Derby Muirhead

Ward

North Liverpool. About 5,673 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 24% of people in West Derby Muirhead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,707
Joint 3,347th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
24%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How West Derby Muirhead compares

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

West Derby MuirheadMiddle
Population64 wards, Liverpool · 2021
Population: every ward in Liverpool64 areas from 1,014 to 19,585. The middle area is 6,313. West Derby Muirhead is 5,707.
5,70716th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares64 wards, Liverpool · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Liverpool64 areas from 0.0% to 57.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. West Derby Muirhead is 24.0%.
24%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage64 wards, Liverpool · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Liverpool64 areas from 43.0% to 99.8%. The middle area is 96.9%. West Derby Muirhead is 98.2%.
98.2%joint 19th highest
Claimant rate63 wards, Liverpool · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Liverpool63 areas from 0.8% to 12.5%. The middle area is 4.9%. West Derby Muirhead is 2.8%.
2.8%joint 14th lowest

Is West Derby Muirhead safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Derby Muirhead at a rate of 33.6 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, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Derby Muirhead.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (42), anti-social behaviour (22) and other crime (17).

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 West Derby Muirhead alone. See Liverpool

Average house price
£188,427
Up 4.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,144
129th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.1×
Joint 47th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
37.1
9th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
West Derby Muirhead in brief

West Derby Muirhead had 5,707 usual residents at the census.

About 24% of people in West Derby Muirhead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In West Derby Muirhead, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In West Derby Muirhead, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.