Ainsdale East
Middle areaNorth west Sefton. 6,717 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Ainsdale East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Ainsdale East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ainsdale East at a rate of 67.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Sefton.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 211 |
| Other crime | 75 |
| Shoplifting | 67 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 47 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 25 |
| Drug offences | 10 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
| Robbery | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Ainsdale East compares
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Is Ainsdale East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ainsdale East at a rate of 67.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Sefton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ainsdale East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (211), other crime (75) and shoplifting (67).
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.
Figures for the whole of Sefton
These figures are published for the whole of Sefton, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Sefton and not Ainsdale East alone. See Sefton
Ainsdale East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Ainsdale East was £207,750 in 2025.
Ainsdale East had 6,581 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Ainsdale East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ainsdale East, 39.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.