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Hoylake and Meols

Ward

North west Wirral. About 13,201 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 11 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Hoylake and Meols live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,976
Joint 1,297th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Hoylake and Meols compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Hoylake and MeolsMiddle
Population22 wards, Wirral · 2021
Population: every ward in Wirral22 areas from 12,543 to 16,468. The middle area is 14,612. Hoylake and Meols is 12,976.
12,9763rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Wirral · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wirral22 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Hoylake and Meols is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Wirral · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wirral22 areas from 88.3% to 99.4%. The middle area is 97.1%. Hoylake and Meols is 95.9%.
95.9%7th lowest
Claimant rate22 wards, Wirral · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wirral22 areas from 1.0% to 8.4%. The middle area is 2.8%. Hoylake and Meols is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 7th lowest

Is Hoylake and Meols safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hoylake and Meols at a rate of 58.1 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, 88 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hoylake and Meols.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (249), other crime (139) and shoplifting (125).

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 ward, so they describe all of Wirral and not Hoylake and Meols alone. See Wirral

Average house price
£221,673
Up 5.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,010
158th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.8×
Joint 78th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
27.5
Joint 57th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Hoylake and Meols in brief

Hoylake and Meols had 12,976 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Hoylake and Meols live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Hoylake and Meols, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Hoylake and Meols, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.