# L22 8QR: area report for a postcode in Sefton

L22 8QR 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 8QR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) › [L22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l22) › [L22 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l22-8)

## Around this postcode

- **43 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 2% on July. Sefton 030C: 82 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **Waterloo (Merseyside), 350 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 360 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **No property in L22 8QR 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=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Sefton 030C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **£224,289 average price**: For the whole of Sefton, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 810 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at L22 8QR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **Moderate road and rail noise at L22 8QR**: Road 57 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **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=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR
- **14.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St John's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-primary-school-e104920) | Primary | 360 m (4 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 | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023, before the school changed | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Waterloo Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/waterloo-primary-school-e150657) | Primary | 620 m (8 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 | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Nicholas Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-nicholas-church-of-england-primary-school-e104922) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sacred Heart Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sacred-heart-catholic-academy-e149047) | Secondary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 44.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St. Mary's College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-college-e104972) | Independent | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Ursuline Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ursuline-catholic-primary-school-e104937) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2026 | £220,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| December 2025 | £525,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 30 m |
| April 2026 | £285,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| April 2026 | £88,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| February 2024 | £155,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| September 2025 | £130,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| August 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| November 2024 | £176,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Waterloo (Merseyside) (350 m, 4 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: EASTVIEW SURGERY (810 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (360 m); INSTANT-PHARMA (660 m); ALLIED PHARMACY - CROSBY ROAD (810 m)
- Dental practices: DENTURE COSMETICS (110 m); A CHEUNG'S DENTAL SURGERY (540 m); RODERICKS DENTAL (750 m); WATERLOO DENTAL CENTRE (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Waterloo (290 m, The Co-operative Group); Iceland Waterloo (330 m, Iceland); Tesco Liverpool Crosby Rd Express (850 m, Tesco)

## 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 030C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 38.0** (2025). Sefton 030C has a deprivation score of 38.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,138th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £260,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sefton 030C was £260,000 in 2025. Joint 12,416th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,536** (2021). Sefton 030C had 1,536 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,561st 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: 98.5%** (January 2026). In Sefton 030C, 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.

## 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: 53.4743, -3.0307

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=-3.0307,53.4743,L228QR

## How to cite

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