Formby West & Freshfield North
Middle areaWest Sefton. 6,288 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Formby West & Freshfield North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Formby West & Freshfield North
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Formby West & Freshfield North at a rate of 30.9 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 | 60 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 55 |
| Other crime | 40 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 |
| Burglary | 9 |
| Drug offences | 9 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Formby West & Freshfield North compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Formby West & Freshfield North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Formby West & Freshfield North at a rate of 30.9 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, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Formby West & Freshfield North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (60), anti-social behaviour (55) and other crime (40).
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 Formby West & Freshfield North alone. See Sefton
Formby West & Freshfield North in brief
The median price paid for a home in Formby West & Freshfield North was £390,000 in 2025.
Formby West & Freshfield North had 6,331 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Formby West & Freshfield North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Formby West & Freshfield North, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.