L20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bootle, Sandhills and Orrell, in Sefton.
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 L20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In L20, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How L20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L20 at a rate of 151.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across L.
In August 2026 alone, 514 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,285), other crime (1,030) and anti-social behaviour (476).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L20 was 143.4 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 L20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L20 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool 014E | 2,176 | 259.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Sefton 033F | 2,470 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Sefton 034B | 1,435 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Sefton 035A | 1,449 | 175.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.4% |
| Sefton 035B | 2,149 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.5% |
| Sefton 035C | 1,248 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Sefton 035D | 1,303 | 101.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.9% |
| Sefton 035E | 1,326 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sefton 036A | 1,652 | 169.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Sefton 036B | 1,209 | 171.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Sefton 036C | 1,405 | 176.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.8% |
| Sefton 036D | 1,353 | 97.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Sefton 037A | 1,727 | 221.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.9% |
| Sefton 037B | 1,280 | 292.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| Sefton 037C | 1,320 | 208.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| Sefton 037D | 1,789 | 407.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.2% |
| Sefton 037E | 1,575 | 173.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.4% |
| Sefton 038A | 1,152 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Sefton 038B | 1,596 | 211.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.0% |
| Sefton 038C | 1,394 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Sefton 038D | 1,725 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sefton 038E | 1,516 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sefton 038F | 1,653 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
MPs for L20
- Peter DowdLabourMP for Bootle92% of L20’s postcodes
- Kim JohnsonLabourMP for Liverpool Riverside8.2% of L20’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 L204
Postcode sectors in L2010
Council1
Towns in L202
Postcode districts next to L206
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L20 in brief
L20 is a postcode district covering Bootle, Sandhills and Orrell, in Sefton.
About 36,176 people lived in L20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £140,000 in 2025 across 266 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 151.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L20 was £140,000 in 2025.
L20 had 34,286 usual residents at the census.
In L20, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In L20, 6.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.