# New Brighton

North Wirral. 7,688 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.

New Brighton, Wirral: 7,688 people (mid-2024); police recorded crime and anti-social behaviour at 89.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026; median sale price £208,000 (2025).

Middle area. Code E02001467. In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west) › [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £208,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in New Brighton was £208,000 in 2025. Joint 1,676th cheapest of 7,259. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/new-brighton#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,595** (2021). New Brighton had 7,595 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,242nd most populated of 9,448. 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/wirral/new-brighton#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in New Brighton 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/wirral/new-brighton#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.4%** (January 2026). In New Brighton, 89.4% 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/wirral/new-brighton#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E02001467) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in New Brighton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E02001467) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 153 homes were sold in New Brighton in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E02001467) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for New Brighton.
- [Population by middle area](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E02001467) (Census 2021, England and Wales): New Brighton had 7,595 usual residents at the census.

## Recorded crime in New Brighton

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in New Brighton at a rate of 89.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.9 per 1,000 people across Wirral.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

| Kind of crime, 12 months to August 2026 | Count |
| --- | --- |
| Violence and sexual offences | 288 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 148 |
| Other crime | 115 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 51 |
| Shoplifting | 35 |
| Drug offences | 22 |
| Robbery | 10 |
| Burglary | 9 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026.

## How New Brighton compares

Each middle area against every other middle area the measure covers.

| Measure | New Brighton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £208,000 | joint 20th cheapest | 42 middle areas, Wirral · 2025 |
| Population | 7,595 | 20th least populated | 42 middle areas, Wirral · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | – | 42 middle areas, Wirral · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.4% | 3rd lowest | 42 middle areas, Wirral · Jan 2026 |

## Is New Brighton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in New Brighton at a rate of 89.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.9 per 1,000 people across Wirral.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in New Brighton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (288), anti-social behaviour (148) and other crime (115).
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 Wirral

These figures are published for the whole of Wirral, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wirral and not New Brighton alone. [See Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)

- **Average house price: £221,849** (July 2026). Wirral’s average house price was £221,849 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £38,010** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wirral earned a median of £38,010 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 158th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Wirral costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 27.5** (2025). Wirral has a deprivation score of 27.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 57th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## New Brighton in brief

The median price paid for a home in New Brighton was £208,000 in 2025.
New Brighton had 7,595 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in New Brighton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In New Brighton, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Middle area
- Code: E02001467
- Ward: [New Brighton †](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/ward/new-brighton)
- Constituency: [Wallasey †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wallasey)
- Council: [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral)
- Region: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 1.38 km²
- People, mid-2024: 7,688*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 26

* People: worked out by Open Index by adding up the neighbourhood estimates inside this area.
† Best fit: the ward and constituency this middle area mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Wallasey East](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/wallasey-east), [Wallasey Village](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/wallasey-village), [Wallasey Central](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/wallasey-central)

## Latest updates for New Brighton

- 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/E02001467

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/new-brighton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/wirral/new-brighton#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/wirral/new-brighton