# Heswall

Town in Wirral, North West.

Heswall is a town in Wirral, North West. Median sale price £320,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 32.2 per 1,000 people. About 29,319 people.

Town. Code E63001468. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)

Heswall is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Heswall add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £320,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Heswall was £320,000 in 2025. Joint 361st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 29,082** (2021). Heswall had 29,082 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 380th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Heswall 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.9%** (January 2026). In Heswall, 92.9% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001468) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Heswall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001468) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 480 homes were sold in Heswall in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001468) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Heswall.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001468) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Heswall had 29,082 usual residents at the census.

## How Heswall compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Heswall | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £320,000 | joint 19th most expensive | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 29,082 | 59th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.9% | joint 32nd lowest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Heswall safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Heswall at a rate of 32.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.4 per 1,000 people across North West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 79 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Heswall.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (438), other crime (193) and anti-social behaviour (107).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Heswall was 31.1 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 Heswall, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Heswall has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Heswall

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wirral 033A](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007280) | 1,693 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% |
| [Wirral 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007284) | 1,633 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.6% |
| [Wirral 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007285) | 1,445 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| [Wirral 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007287) | 1,834 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Wirral 034A](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007183) | 1,253 | 12.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| [Wirral 034B](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007255) | 1,517 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.9% |
| [Wirral 034C](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007256) | 1,540 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| [Wirral 034D](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007279) | 1,574 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% |
| [Wirral 034E](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007286) | 1,450 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Wirral 037A](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007182) | 1,526 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.2% |
| [Wirral 037B](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007184) | 1,453 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.7% |
| [Wirral 037C](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007185) | 1,595 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.6% |
| [Wirral 037D](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007192) | 1,313 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.7% |
| [Wirral 037E](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007288) | 1,638 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| [Wirral 040A](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007186) | 1,489 | 17.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Wirral 040B](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007187) | 1,454 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.3% |
| [Wirral 040C](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007188) | 1,470 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Wirral 040D](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007189) | 1,548 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.0% |
| [Wirral 040E](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007190) | 1,515 | 11.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.7% |
| [Wirral 040F](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/neighbourhood/e01007191) | 1,363 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 73.4% |

## Your MP

- [Wirral West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wirral-west): Matthew Patrick (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.

## Council

[Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)

## Postcode districts covering Heswall

[CH60](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch60), [CH61](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ch61)

## Middle areas in Heswall

[Gayton & Lower Heswall](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/gayton-and-lower-heswall), [Heswall](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/heswall), [Pensby & Thingwall](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/pensby-and-thingwall), [Thurstaston & Irby](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/thurstaston-and-irby)

## Towns near Heswall

[Greasby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/greasby), [Neston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/neston), [Birkenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/birkenhead), [West Kirby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-kirby), [Bebington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bebington), [Wallasey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallasey)

## Heswall in brief

Heswall is a town in Wirral, North West.
About 29,319 people lived in Heswall in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 480 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 32.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Heswall was £320,000 in 2025.
Heswall had 29,082 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Heswall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Heswall, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001468
- Constituency: [Wirral West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wirral-west)
- Council: [Wirral †](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 10.18 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,319*
- Neighbourhoods: 20
- Output areas: 101

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Greasby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/greasby), [Neston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/neston), [Birkenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/birkenhead), [West Kirby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/west-kirby), [Bebington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bebington), [Wallasey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallasey)

## Latest updates for Heswall

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001468

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/heswall