# L8 5XG: area report for a postcode in Liverpool

L8 5XG is a postcode in Liverpool.

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 Liverpool. Open the map at L8 5XG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool) › [L8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l8) › [L8 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l8-5)

## Around this postcode

- **65 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 12% on July. Liverpool 061D: 117 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **Brunswick, 800 m**: About 10 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 490 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **No property in L8 5XG 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=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Liverpool 061D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **£189,036 average price**: For the whole of Liverpool, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 600 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 120 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at L8 5XG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **Moderate road and rail noise at L8 5XG**: Road 56 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **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=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG
- **16.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Liverpool Life Sciences UTC](https://openindex.co.uk/school/liverpool-life-sciences-utc-e139588) | Secondary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | Attainment 8 of 43.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Studio School Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-studio-school-liverpool-e139589) | Secondary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2024 | Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Patrick's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-patricks-catholic-primary-school-e104660) | Primary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holy Family Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-family-catholic-primary-school-e136062) | Primary | 720 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Windsor Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/windsor-community-primary-school-e104589) | Primary | 830 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Progress Schools - Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/school/progress-schools-liverpool-e143912) | Independent | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [LIPA School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lipa-school-e141103) | All-through | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade, special measures | 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-vincent-de-paul-catholic-primary-school-e104667) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| November 2025 | £265,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| May 2026 | £220,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2025 | £149,950 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 170 m |
| July 2025 | £160,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| March 2025 | £345,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| August 2024 | £73,995 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 210 m |
| March 2024 | £224,950 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Brunswick (800 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: DINGLE PARK PRACTICE (600 m); GP PRACTICE RIVERSIDE (DR JUDE) (600 m); DR JUDE'S PRACTICE - RIVERSIDE (600 m); ST. JAMES' HEALTH CENTRE (900 m)
- Pharmacies: RIVERSIDE PHARMACY (600 m); BOUNCE CHEMIST (830 m)
- Dental practices: COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC (600 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Great Sefton Street (120 m, Spar); Asda Express Parliament Street (490 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £189,036** (July 2026). Liverpool’s average house price was £189,036 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 8.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,144** (2025). Full-time workers living in Liverpool earned a median of £37,144 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 129th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.1×** (2025). A home in Liverpool costs 5.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 47th 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: 37.1** (2025). Liverpool has a deprivation score of 37.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 9th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Liverpool 061D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 52.9** (2025). Liverpool 061D has a deprivation score of 52.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,883rd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £187,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Liverpool 061D was £187,500 in 2025. Joint 5,432nd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,501** (2021). Liverpool 061D had 1,501 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 23,299th least 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: 66.8%** (January 2026). In Liverpool 061D, 66.8% 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.

## L8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £147,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in L8 was £147,500 in 2025. 101st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 34,638** (2021). L8 had 34,638 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 669th most 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 L8 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: 88.1%** (January 2026). In L8, 88.1% 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: [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool)
- Centre: 53.3902, -2.9791

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

## Your MP

- [Liverpool Riverside](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/liverpool-riverside): Kim Johnson (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=-2.9791,53.3902,L85XG

## How to cite

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