L18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Liverpool, Mossley Hill and Calderstones, in Liverpool.
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 L18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In L18, 85.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How L18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L18 at a rate of 61.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across L.
In August 2026 alone, 178 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (560), other crime (291) and anti-social behaviour (276).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L18 was 44.7 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 L18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L18 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool 041C | 1,496 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Liverpool 041D | 1,529 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Liverpool 041E | 1,679 | 15.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Liverpool 042A | 1,484 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Liverpool 042E | 1,449 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.0% |
| Liverpool 042H | 2,194 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 42.1% |
| Liverpool 047A | 1,559 | 21.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Liverpool 047B | 1,365 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.9% |
| Liverpool 047D | 1,326 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Liverpool 048B | 1,300 | 204.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 32.5% |
| Liverpool 049A | 1,188 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.0% |
| Liverpool 049B | 1,756 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Liverpool 049C | 1,421 | 173.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Liverpool 049D | 1,579 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |
| Liverpool 053B | 1,492 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Liverpool 054A | 1,890 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Liverpool 054D | 1,533 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
MPs for L18
- Maria EagleLabourMP for Liverpool Garston73% of L18’s postcodes
- Paula BarkerLabourMP for Liverpool Wavertree27% of L18’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 L185
Postcode sectors in L1810
Council1
Towns in L181
Postcode districts next to L185
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L18 in brief
L18 is a postcode district covering Liverpool, Mossley Hill and Calderstones, in Liverpool.
About 26,305 people lived in L18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 377 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L18 was £325,000 in 2025.
L18 had 26,212 usual residents at the census.
In L18, 85.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In L18, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.