L26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Liverpool and Halewood, in Knowsley.
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 L26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In L26, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How L26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L26 at a rate of 75.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across L.
In August 2026 alone, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (461), anti-social behaviour (201) and other crime (195).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L26 was 78.1 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 L26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L26 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley 017A | 2,409 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.5% |
| Knowsley 018A | 1,117 | 16.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Knowsley 018B | 1,276 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Knowsley 019A | 1,388 | 24.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Knowsley 019B | 1,250 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Knowsley 019C | 1,332 | 18.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Knowsley 019D | 1,432 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Knowsley 020A | 1,354 | 180.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Knowsley 020B | 1,569 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Knowsley 020C | 1,125 | 98.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Knowsley 020E | 1,564 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
MPs for L26
- Derek TwiggLabourMP for Widnes and Halewood99% of L26’s postcodes
- Maria EagleLabourMP for Liverpool Garston0.5% of L26’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 L262
Postcode sectors in L2610
Council1
Towns in L261
Postcode districts next to L265
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L26 in brief
L26 is a postcode district covering Liverpool and Halewood, in Knowsley.
About 15,784 people lived in L26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,500 in 2025 across 288 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L26 was £280,500 in 2025.
L26 had 15,314 usual residents at the census.
In L26, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In L26, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.