L1 postcode area guide — Liverpool
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the L1 postcode district in Liverpool — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in L1
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
71.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
66.4%
Gigabit-capable
65.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.4%
Broadband availability in the L1 postcode district (Liverpool) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 465 postcodes Ofcom measures in L1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 71.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 65.5%.
Around 0.4% of premises in L1 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in L1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| L1 0AA | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| L1 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| L1 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| L1 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| L1 0AG | 66.7% | 66.7% |
| L1 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| L1 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| L1 0AN | 100% | 100% |
| L1 0AQ | 100% | 100% |
| L1 0AR | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Liverpool
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Liverpool district (236,964 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
97%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
99.1%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in L1
Police recorded 1,774 incidents within about a mile of the centre of L1 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 512 | 28.9% |
| Drugs | 394 | 22.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 208 | 11.7% |
| Shoplifting | 193 | 10.9% |
| Public order | 127 | 7.2% |
| Other theft | 107 | 6.0% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 61 | 3.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 38 | 2.1% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in L1
Based on 138 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in L1 is £120,000, down 13.0% on the previous year (£137,950).
Terraced
£312,500
6 sales
Flat / maisonette
£120,000
113 sales
Latest recorded sales in L1
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | £59,000 | Flat | Wolstenholme Square | L1 4BY |
| 8 May 2026 | £230,000 | Flat | Crump Street | L1 0DQ |
| 8 May 2026 | £105,000 | Flat | Fleet Street | L1 4AR |
| 1 May 2026 | £239,000 | Flat | Argyle Street | L1 5DL |
| 1 May 2026 | £277,500 | Flat | Hope Street | L1 7BJ |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £125,000 | Flat | Shaws Alley | L1 8DE |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £140,050 | Flat | Greenland Street | L1 0DW |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £96,000 | Flat | Cornwallis Street | L1 5EL |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £73,000 | Flat | Wolstenholme Square | L1 4BY |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £10,000 | Flat | Stanley Street | L1 6AA |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Liverpool demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Liverpool district (486,088 residents, 207,491 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.1% |
| 15–29 | 31.7% |
| 30–44 | 18% |
| 45–64 | 18% |
| 65+ | 15.3% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 46.8% |
| Private rented | 26.2% |
| Social rented | 21.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around L1
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Life Sciences UTC | Secondary | 14–19 | 587 | L1 0BS |
| LIPA School | All-through | 4–16 | 499 | L1 7BT |
| LIPA Sixth Form College | 16 plus | 14–19 | 398 | L1 9DY |
| The Studio School Liverpool | Secondary | 14–19 | 268 | L1 0BS |
| St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 228 | L1 5BY |
| Cities in Schools at Unit 302 | Not applicable | — | — | L1 0BG |
| Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts | Not applicable | — | — | L1 9HF |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in L1
744 rated food businesses operate in L1. 377 hold the top rating of 5, 65 are rated 4, and 36 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 1931, 200 Degrees Coffee Shop, 24 Kitchen Street, 81 Renshaw, 88th Street/Value Mighty/Sin City Burger/Pizza Amore/Dough Masters at Hope and Anchor.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in L1
From a sample of 249 Energy Performance Certificates across 6 L1 postcodes, the most common rating is band B (average band C). 87% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
51%
Band C
36%
Band D
9%
Band E
3%
Band F
0%
Band G
0%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Liverpool
Landlines around L1 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.