L16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Liverpool, Childwall and Court Hey, in Liverpool and Knowsley.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an L16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In L16, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How L16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L16 at a rate of 36.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across L.
In August 2026 alone, 56 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (212), other crime (96) and anti-social behaviour (86).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L16 was 41.7 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in L16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L16 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley 014A | 1,506 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Liverpool 034B | 1,758 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Liverpool 034D | 1,563 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Liverpool 036A | 1,345 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Liverpool 036B | 1,292 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Liverpool 036C | 1,537 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Liverpool 036D | 1,314 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Liverpool 036E | 1,414 | 13.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Liverpool 041A | 1,716 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Liverpool 047C | 1,630 | 19.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.8% |
MPs for L16
- Paula BarkerLabourMP for Liverpool Wavertree72% of L16’s postcodes
- Maria EagleLabourMP for Liverpool Garston15% of L16’s postcodes
- Anneliese MidgleyLabourMP for Knowsley13% of L16’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in L161
Postcode sectors in L1610
Councils L16 covers2
Towns in L162
Postcode districts next to L166
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L16 in brief
L16 is a postcode district covering Liverpool, Childwall and Court Hey, in Liverpool and Knowsley.
About 14,626 people lived in L16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 185 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 36.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L16 was £300,000 in 2025.
L16 had 14,424 usual residents at the census.
In L16, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In L16, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.