Crosby
Crosby is covered by postcode districts L20, L21, L22, L23 and L72. It is in the Sefton council area, England.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Crosby (Sefton).
Every postcode in Crosby, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 27
- In use before 2020: 1,087
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,114 postcodes in Crosby that ONS places, 27 are new since 2020 and 1,087 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.4840, longitude -3.0230. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Crosby?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 1,008 of the 1,088 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 1,114 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Waterloo (Merseyside), 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Crosby?
Homes in Crosby sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 506 sales, down 0.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £480,000 48 sales
- Semi-detached £280,000 219 sales
- Terraced £221,500 151 sales
- Flat or maisonette £166,500 88 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole L23 district, Crosby's main postcode district: a typical £279,007.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Crosby: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Crosby?
27 of the 1,114 postcodes now in use in Crosby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 735 homes sold in Crosby were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L23 district, 16%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Crosby | Across the L23 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 506 (Under 1%) | 8 of 328 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 29 of 735 (4%) | 87 of 552 (16%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Crosby?
Ofcom reports on 1,088 of the 1,114 postcodes in Crosby. At 1,008 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Crosby at risk of flooding?
1 of the 1,114 postcodes in Crosby has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Crosby?
The open schools at the postcodes in Crosby (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Merchant Taylors' Schools100 m 844 pupils, 1,350 places
- St. Mary's College550 m 818 pupils, 1,175 places
- Olsen House School550 m 59 pupils, 60 places
- Waterloo Primary School700 m 416 pupils, 420 places
- Great Crosby Catholic Primary School750 m 725 pupils, 760 places
- St John's Church of England Primary School900 m 191 pupils, 196 places
- St Edmund's and St Thomas' Catholic Primary School950 m 246 pupils, 341 places
- St Luke's Halsall Church of England Primary School1.1 km 234 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Crosby?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Crosby is Waterloo (Merseyside) Rail Station, 1.0 km away in a straight line.
- Waterloo (Merseyside) Rail Station Railway station 1.0 kmWalk
- Blundellsands & Crosby Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
- Seaforth & Litherland Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Crosby?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Crosby, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Liverpool Rd Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 931 3197 300 mWalk
- 42 Kingsway Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2024 · Phone 0151 928 2415 400 mWalk
- Kingsway Surgery Phone 0151 928 8668 400 mWalk
- Eastview Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 928 8849 400 mWalk
- Blundellsands Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2025 · Phone 0151 924 6464 1.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Crosby safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,631 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Crosby over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 217 September 2025
- 195 October 2025
- 221 November 2025
- 224 December 2025
- 201 January 2026
- 165 February 2026
- 193 March 2026
- 211 April 2026
- 271 May 2026
- 244 June 2026
- 252 July 2026
- 237 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 92, other crime 50, bicycle theft 24, possession of weapons 22, robbery 18, theft from the person 7.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Crosby?
- Council
- Sefton
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bootle (629) and Sefton Central (485)
- Police force area
- Merseyside
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Crosby
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Sefton about council tax Council tax, on sefton.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Crosby
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Crosby postcodes
1,114 postcodes in use in Crosby, by district:
Those districts are all in the L postcode area.
Check a Crosby postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Crosby
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Crosby's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Crosby
- What is it like to live in Crosby?
- Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.7% on the 12 months before. At 1,008 of the 1,088 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 1,114 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Waterloo (Merseyside), 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Crosby?
- Crosby is covered by postcode districts L20, L21, L22, L23 and L72, across 1,114 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Crosby in?
- Crosby is in the Sefton council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Crosby?
- Homes in Crosby sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 506 sales, down 0.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Crosby?
- In Crosby, primary schools at its postcodes include Merchant Taylors' Schools, St. Mary's College and Olsen House School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Merchant Taylors' Schools, Sacred Heart Catholic Academy and SENDSCOPE. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Crosby have a railway station?
- Yes: Waterloo (Merseyside) is 1.0 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Crosby, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Crosby?
- Ofcom reports on 1,088 of the 1,114 postcodes in Crosby. At 1,008 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Crosby at risk of flooding?
- 1 of the 1,114 postcodes in Crosby has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Crosby?
- 27 of the 1,114 postcodes now in use in Crosby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 735 homes sold in Crosby were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L23 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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