L21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Litherland, Ford and Seaforth, 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 L21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In L21, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How L21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L21 at a rate of 112.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across L.
In August 2026 alone, 262 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,291), other crime (491) and anti-social behaviour (342).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L21 was 106.0 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 L21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L21 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sefton 024A | 1,312 | 142.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sefton 024B | 1,288 | 154.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Sefton 031A | 1,318 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.4% |
| Sefton 031B | 1,386 | 131.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Sefton 031C | 1,279 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Sefton 031D | 1,596 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Sefton 031E | 1,278 | 88.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Sefton 032A | 1,322 | 128.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Sefton 032B | 1,446 | 117.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.5% |
| Sefton 032E | 2,077 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Sefton 033A | 1,386 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Sefton 033B | 1,509 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Sefton 034A | 1,414 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Sefton 034C | 1,479 | 183.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Sefton 034D | 1,789 | 203.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Sefton 034E | 1,554 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| Sefton 036E | 1,452 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
Your MP
- Peter DowdLabourMP for Bootle
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 L215
Postcode sectors in L2110
Council1
Towns in L213
Postcode districts next to L214
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L21 in brief
L21 is a postcode district covering Litherland, Ford and Seaforth, in Sefton.
About 26,123 people lived in L21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £178,500 in 2025 across 229 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 112.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L21 was £178,500 in 2025.
L21 had 25,470 usual residents at the census.
In L21, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In L21, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.