# Kirkby

Town in Knowsley, North West.

Kirkby is a town in Knowsley, North West. Median sale price £165,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 95.2 per 1,000 people. About 47,698 people.

Town. Code E63001284. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley)

Kirkby is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kirkby 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: £165,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kirkby was £165,000 in 2025. Joint 99th cheapest 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/kirkby#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 45,559** (2021). Kirkby had 45,559 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 239th 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/kirkby#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 1%** (2022). About 1% of people in Kirkby 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/kirkby#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.4%** (January 2026). In Kirkby, 96.4% 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/kirkby#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001284) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 1% of people in Kirkby 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=E63001284) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 468 homes were sold in Kirkby in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001284) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Kirkby.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001284) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Kirkby had 45,559 usual residents at the census.

## How Kirkby compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Kirkby | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £165,000 | 24th cheapest | 161 towns, North West · 2025 |
| Population | 45,559 | 37th most populated | 161 towns, North West · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 1% | joint 57th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 161 towns, North West · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.4% | joint 59th highest | 161 towns, North West · Jan 2026 |

## Is Kirkby safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kirkby at a rate of 95.2 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, 404 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kirkby.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,909), other crime (814) and anti-social behaviour (567).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Kirkby was 100.3 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 Kirkby, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Kirkby has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 15 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Kirkby

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Knowsley 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006448) | 2,163 | 74.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.8% |
| [Knowsley 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006492) | 1,300 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Knowsley 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006493) | 1,843 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Knowsley 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006494) | 1,800 | 130.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Knowsley 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006495) | 2,316 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Knowsley 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006454) | 1,547 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Knowsley 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006456) | 1,521 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| [Knowsley 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006457) | 1,247 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| [Knowsley 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006458) | 1,545 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Knowsley 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006490) | 2,646 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Knowsley 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006491) | 2,019 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| [Knowsley 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006415) | 1,987 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [Knowsley 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006417) | 1,259 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Knowsley 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006436) | 1,455 | 186.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Knowsley 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006437) | 1,389 | 544.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| [Knowsley 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006447) | 1,382 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.0% |
| [Knowsley 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006455) | 1,752 | 155.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| [Knowsley 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006506) | 1,308 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.7% |
| [Knowsley 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006507) | 1,536 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Knowsley 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006508) | 1,377 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Knowsley 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006509) | 1,771 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Knowsley 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006510) | 1,338 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| [Knowsley 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006416) | 1,517 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.0% |
| [Knowsley 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006418) | 1,315 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Knowsley 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006434) | 1,519 | 92.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Knowsley 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006435) | 1,524 | 86.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Knowsley 005G](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/neighbourhood/e01006446) | 1,451 | 170.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.7% |
| [Sefton 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/neighbourhood/e01007039) | 1,289 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Sefton 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/neighbourhood/e01007040) | 2,067 | 127.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.2% |

## Your MP

- [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/knowsley): Anneliese Midgley (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

[Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley)

## Postcode districts covering Kirkby

[L10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l10), [L31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l31), [L32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l32), [L33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/l33)

## Middle areas in Kirkby

[Kirkby North East](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/kirkby-north-east), [Kirkby North West](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/kirkby-north-west), [Kirkby South East](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/kirkby-south-east), [Kirkby South West & Field Lane](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/kirkby-south-west-and-field-lane), [Knowsley Village & Southdene](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley/knowsley-village-and-southdene)

## Towns near Kirkby

[Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool), [Maghull](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maghull), [Huyton with Roby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/huyton-with-roby), [Bootle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bootle), [Prescot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot), [St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-helens)

## Kirkby in brief

Kirkby is a town in Knowsley, North West.
About 47,698 people lived in Kirkby in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 468 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Kirkby was £165,000 in 2025.
Kirkby had 45,559 usual residents at the census.
About 1% of people in Kirkby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kirkby, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001284
- Constituency: [Knowsley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/knowsley)
- Council: [Knowsley †](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 13.96 km²
- People, mid-2024: 47,698*
- Neighbourhoods: 29
- Output areas: 144

* 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

[Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool), [Maghull](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maghull), [Huyton with Roby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/huyton-with-roby), [Bootle](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bootle), [Prescot](https://openindex.co.uk/town/prescot), [St Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-helens)

## Latest updates for Kirkby

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001284

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkby