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Lydiate & Maghull West

Ward

South east Sefton. About 13,071 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.7 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 Lydiate & Maghull West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,908
1,318th 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
97.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Lydiate & Maghull West compares

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

Lydiate & Maghull WestMiddle
Population22 wards, Sefton · 2021
Population: every ward in Sefton22 areas from 11,547 to 14,822. The middle area is 12,471. Lydiate & Maghull West is 12,908.
12,9086th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Sefton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Sefton22 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Lydiate & Maghull West is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Sefton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Sefton22 areas from 42.2% to 99.2%. The middle area is 95.7%. Lydiate & Maghull West is 97.3%.
97.3%7th highest
Claimant rate22 wards, Sefton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Sefton22 areas from 1.7% to 8.1%. The middle area is 3.0%. Lydiate & Maghull West is 1.7%.
1.7%joint lowest

Is Lydiate & Maghull West safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lydiate & Maghull West at a rate of 36.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 84.8 per 1,000 people across Sefton.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lydiate & Maghull West.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (194), other crime (87) and anti-social behaviour (69).

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 Sefton

These figures are published for the whole of Sefton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Sefton and not Lydiate & Maghull West alone. See Sefton

Average house price
£221,105
Up 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,937
120th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.0×
Joint 93rd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.1
80th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Lydiate & Maghull West in brief

Lydiate & Maghull West had 12,908 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Lydiate & Maghull West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Lydiate & Maghull West, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Lydiate & Maghull West, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.