# L22 4QR: area report for a postcode in Sefton

L22 4QR is a postcode in Sefton.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Sefton. Open the map at L22 4QR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) › [L22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l22) › [L22 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l22-4)

## Around this postcode

- **18 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 45% on July. Sefton 030A: 48 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **Waterloo (Merseyside), 740 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **No property in L22 4QR listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Sefton 030A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **£224,289 average price**: For the whole of Sefton, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 110 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 270 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at L22 4QR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **Moderate road and rail noise at L22 4QR**: Road 62 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR
- **15.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Waterloo Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/waterloo-primary-school-e150657) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2022 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Merchant Taylors' Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merchant-taylors-schools-e104973) | Independent | 560 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Sacred Heart Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-catholic-academy-e149047) | Secondary | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 44.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St John's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-primary-school-e104920) | Primary | 840 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edmunds-and-st-thomas-catholic-primary-school-e151023) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023, before the school changed | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Olsen House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/olsen-house-school-e136088) | Special | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St. Mary's College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-college-e104972) | Independent | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Great Crosby Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/great-crosby-catholic-primary-school-e104926) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2026 | £130,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| January 2026 | £174,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 30 m |
| June 2026 | £245,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| June 2024 | £158,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| May 2026 | £285,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2024 | £235,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| July 2026 | £540,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| May 2026 | £230,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Waterloo (Merseyside) (730 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: 42 KINGSWAY (110 m); KINGSWAY SURGERY (110 m); EASTVIEW SURGERY (320 m); LIVERPOOL RD MEDICAL PRACTICE (760 m)
- Pharmacies: 247 PHARMACY (10 m); ALEXANDERS PHARMACY (210 m); ALLIED PHARMACY - CROSBY ROAD (320 m); INSTANT-PHARMA (380 m); BOOTS (730 m)
- Dental practices: KINGSWAY DENTAL PRACTICE (150 m); RODERICKS DENTAL (290 m); A CHEUNG'S DENTAL SURGERY (540 m); DENTURE COSMETICS (910 m); WATERLOO DENTAL CENTRE (1 km)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Liverpool Crosby Rd Express (270 m, Tesco); Iceland Waterloo (770 m, Iceland); Co-op Waterloo (770 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £224,289** (July 2026). Sefton’s average house price was £224,289 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,937** (2025). Full-time workers living in Sefton earned a median of £36,937 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 120th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.1×** (2025). A home in Sefton costs 6.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 103rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 25.1** (2025). Sefton has a deprivation score of 25.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 80th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Sefton 030A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 13.3** (2025). Sefton 030A has a deprivation score of 13.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,575th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £211,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sefton 030A was £211,000 in 2025. Joint 7,647th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,595** (2021). Sefton 030A had 1,595 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,365th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.7%** (January 2026). In Sefton 030A, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## L22 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £225,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in L22 was £225,500 in 2025. 589th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 13,783** (2021). L22 had 13,783 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 938th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in L22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.5%** (January 2026). In L22, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton)
- Centre: 53.4803, -3.0190

Council: [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bootle](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bootle): Peter Dowd (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-3.0190,53.4803,L224QR

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l22-4qr.

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