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L24

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Liverpool, Speke and Oglet, in Liverpool and Halton.

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 L24 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In L24, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£165,000
168th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
17,978
1,176th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How L24 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

L24Middle
Median sale price39 postcode districts, L · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in L39 areas from £120,000 to £345,000. The middle area is £178,500. L24 is £165,000.
£165,00016th cheapest
Population42 postcode districts, L · 2021
Population: every postcode district in L42 areas from 284 to 42,284. The middle area is 23,039. L24 is 17,978.
17,97815th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage42 postcode districts, L · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in L42 areas from 66.9% to 100.0%. The middle area is 96.0%. L24 is 95.3%.
95.3%20th lowest
Claimant rate39 postcode districts, L · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in L39 areas from 1.4% to 10.9%. The middle area is 4.1%. L24 is 5.1%.
5.1%joint 13th highest

Is L24 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L24 at a rate of 124.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across L.

In August 2026 alone, 189 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L24.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (792), other crime (429) and criminal damage and arson (295).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L24 was 129.5 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 L24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L24 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in L24

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Halton 008C1,79453.7 per 1,000698.6%
Liverpool 055D2,521129.4 per 1,000681.1%
Liverpool 058B2,546150.5 per 1,000293.3%
Liverpool 058C1,882171.2 per 1,000297.8%
Liverpool 059A1,86661.6 per 1,000199.8%
Liverpool 059B1,79997.2 per 1,000199.9%
Liverpool 059C1,574295.8 per 1,000195.1%
Liverpool 059D1,762103.6 per 1,000199.6%
Liverpool 059E1,47090.8 per 1,0001100.0%
Liverpool 059F1,43956.8 per 1,000199.8%

MPs for L24

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 L241

Postcode sectors in L2410

Councils L24 covers2

Towns in L241

Postcode districts next to L244

Nearest rail stations4

More in the L postcode area2

L24 in brief

L24 is a postcode district covering Liverpool, Speke and Oglet, in Liverpool and Halton.

About 18,385 people lived in L24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 153 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 124.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in L24 was £165,000 in 2025.

L24 had 17,978 usual residents at the census.

In L24, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In L24, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.