Crossens

Sefton · North West · population 6,672 · 5 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,973 of 6,856 in England
  • #334 of 932 in North West
  • #16 of 38 in Sefton
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,679
Median age (est.)52
Density1,204per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above26%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 27%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 4%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 4%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 11%Other: 20%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 11%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Caring & leisure15%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative12%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 32% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Crossens is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,973 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 38 in Sefton. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (87) and lowest on Health (32). Typical homes here sold for about £217,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 126 sales), 6% below the wider Sefton median of £230,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #640 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,978 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 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 55 · #3,097
Employment 45 · #3,741
Education 41 · #4,070
Health 32 · #4,646
Crime 87 · #910
Housing & access 53 · #3,247
Living environment 82 · #1,253

House prices ?

£217,000median (12m) · +5.9% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£217,000126+5.9%+24.0%
Detached£277,49822+2.8%+32.9%
Semi-detached£210,00097+6.6%+23.6%
Terraced£175,0007+11.1%+31.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£217,000
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)£33,978±£4,832 · #5,348 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,395
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 289 offences
Sefton77
North West82
England83

Rank #1,532 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences160
Theft37
Burglary13
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons26
Drugs9
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 14 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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