Bootle South
Middle areaSouth Sefton. 8,448 people in 3.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Bootle South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Bootle South
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bootle South at a rate of 266.5 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 | 783 |
| Other crime | 467 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 243 |
| Shoplifting | 226 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 177 |
| Drug offences | 177 |
| Burglary | 90 |
| Vehicle crime | 49 |
| Robbery | 30 |
| Theft from the person | 9 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Bootle South compares
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Is Bootle South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bootle South at a rate of 266.5 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, 242 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bootle South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (783), other crime (467) and anti-social behaviour (243).
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 Bootle South alone. See Sefton
Bootle South in brief
The median price paid for a home in Bootle South was £114,250 in 2025.
Bootle South had 7,691 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Bootle South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bootle South, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.