L34
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Prescot, Knowsley and Eccleston Park, in Knowsley and St. Helens.
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 L34 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 66% of people in L34 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How L34 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L34 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L34 at a rate of 121.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across the L postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 161 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L34.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (578), other crime (323) and shoplifting (314).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L34 was 113.2 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 L34, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L34 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L34
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley 005E | 1,150 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
| Knowsley 005F | 1,654 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.4% |
| Knowsley 007D | 2,666 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.3% |
| Knowsley 007E | 1,490 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Knowsley 007F | 1,212 | 479.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.8% |
| Knowsley 007G | 1,125 | 368.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.6% |
| Knowsley 009B | 1,700 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 018C | 2,130 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.1% |
MPs for L34
- Anneliese MidgleyLabourMP for Knowsley88% of L34’s postcodes
- Ms Marie RimmerLabourMP for St Helens South and Whiston12% of L34’s postcodes
- David BainesLabourMP for St Helens North0.2% of L34’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 L341
Postcode sectors in L3410
Councils L34 covers2
Towns in L341
Postcode districts next to L349
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L34 in brief
L34 is a postcode district covering Prescot, Knowsley and Eccleston Park, in Knowsley and St. Helens.
About 15,177 people lived in L34 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £240,555 in 2025 across 259 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L34 was £240,555 in 2025.
L34 had 13,439 usual residents at the census.
About 66% of people in L34 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In L34, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.