Brighton le Sands & Crosby West

Sefton · North West · population 7,497 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,001 of 6,856 in England
  • #335 of 932 in North West
  • #17 of 38 in Sefton
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,412
Median age (est.)47
Density4,248per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 14%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Administrative14%
Managers & directors12%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Skilled trades8%
Process & plant6%
Elementary6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 67% · No religion 26% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Brighton le Sands & Crosby West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,001 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 38 in Sefton. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (98) but weak on Living environment (10). Typical homes here, about £250,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 40% in five years (from 92 sales), 9% above the wider Sefton median of £230,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,074 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,902 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 62 · #2,624
Employment 50 · #3,460
Education 74 · #1,801
Health 40 · #4,077
Crime 54 · #3,138
Housing & access 98 · #135
Living environment 10 · #6,202

House prices ?

£250,000median (12m) · +2.9% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£250,00092+2.9%+40.4%
Detached£445,5006+10.0%
Semi-detached£285,00045-5.0%+42.5%
Terraced£210,00029-2.3%+36.4%
Flat£192,50012+45.8%+54.0%
This area£250,000
Sefton£230,000
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,902±£5,328 · #4,075 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,165
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

84Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 327 offences
Sefton77
North West82
England83

Rank #1,562 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences153
Theft41
Burglary11
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons40
Drugs17
Robbery2
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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