L7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Liverpool, Edge Hill and Kensington, in Liverpool.
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 L7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In L7, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How L7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L7 at a rate of 142.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across L.
In August 2026 alone, 323 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,393), other crime (756) and drug offences (369).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L7 was 134.6 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 L7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L7 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool 028A | 1,834 | 300.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.0% |
| Liverpool 028B | 2,510 | 154.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Liverpool 030A | 1,784 | 107.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Liverpool 031A | 2,266 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.0% |
| Liverpool 031C | 2,195 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| Liverpool 031F | 2,697 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 69.1% |
| Liverpool 031G | 2,467 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.7% |
| Liverpool 035G | 3,789 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Liverpool 037E | 1,317 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 56.7% |
| Liverpool 060F | 2,403 | 240.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 43.3% |
MPs for L7
- Paula BarkerLabourMP for Liverpool Wavertree73% of L7’s postcodes
- Kim JohnsonLabourMP for Liverpool Riverside27% of L7’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 L71
Postcode sectors in L710
Council1
Towns in L71
Postcode districts next to L77
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L7 in brief
L7 is a postcode district covering Liverpool, Edge Hill and Kensington, in Liverpool.
About 25,419 people lived in L7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £142,000 in 2025 across 115 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 142.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L7 was £142,000 in 2025.
L7 had 22,693 usual residents at the census.
In L7, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In L7, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.