L14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Liverpool, Fincham and Dovecot, in Liverpool and Knowsley.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an L14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in L14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How L14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L14 at a rate of 81.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across the L postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 166 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,076), other crime (441) and anti-social behaviour (273).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L14 was 95.4 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 L14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L14 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley 008B | 1,305 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Knowsley 008F | 2,698 | 114.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Knowsley 014B | 1,836 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Knowsley 014D | 1,451 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Knowsley 014E | 2,458 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.1% |
| Liverpool 017A | 1,514 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Liverpool 017B | 1,299 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Liverpool 017E | 1,516 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Liverpool 025A | 1,263 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Liverpool 025B | 1,530 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| Liverpool 025C | 1,647 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Liverpool 025D | 1,397 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Liverpool 025E | 1,805 | 125.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Liverpool 026A | 1,669 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Liverpool 026D | 1,436 | 112.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Liverpool 029B | 1,419 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Liverpool 034E | 1,414 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
MPs for L14
- Ian ByrneLabourMP for Liverpool West Derby98% of L14’s postcodes
- Paula BarkerLabourMP for Liverpool Wavertree1.5% of L14’s postcodes
- Anneliese MidgleyLabourMP for Knowsley0.2% of L14’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in L144
Postcode sectors in L1410
Councils L14 covers2
Towns in L142
Postcode districts next to L145
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L14 in brief
L14 is a postcode district covering Liverpool, Fincham and Dovecot, in Liverpool and Knowsley.
About 28,637 people lived in L14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £172,100 in 2025 across 268 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L14 was £172,100 in 2025.
L14 had 27,211 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in L14 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In L14, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.