L70 postcode area guide — Knowsley
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the L70 postcode district in Knowsley — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in L70
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
75%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
25%
Gigabit-capable
25%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the L70 postcode district (Knowsley) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 4 postcodes Ofcom measures in L70, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 75% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 25%.
Around 0% of premises in L70 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 L70
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| L70 1AB | 0% | 0% |
| L70 1AX | 100% | 0% |
| L70 1JL | 100% | 0% |
| L70 2QA | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Knowsley
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Knowsley district (75,908 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
97.5%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
91.3%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in L70
Police recorded 1,086 incidents within about a mile of the centre of L70 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 407 | 37.5% |
| Drugs | 175 | 16.1% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 104 | 9.6% |
| Public order | 86 | 7.9% |
| Other theft | 74 | 6.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 57 | 5.2% |
| Shoplifting | 53 | 4.9% |
| Vehicle crime | 39 | 3.6% |
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).
Who lives here? Knowsley demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Knowsley district (154,519 residents, 66,073 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.6% |
| 15–29 | 24.2% |
| 30–44 | 17.9% |
| 45–64 | 21.3% |
| 65+ | 17% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 59.5% |
| Private rented | 14.5% |
| Social rented | 14.5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around L70
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 206 | L7 3HJ |
| Christian Fellowship School | Not applicable | 4–16 | 175 | L7 3HL |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 235 | L7 8TQ |
| Marydale Lodge Sch | Not applicable | 10–17 | — | L7 2PE |
| University of Liverpool | Not applicable | — | — | L69 7ZX |
| University of Liverpool Mathematics School | 16 plus | 16–19 | 123 | L69 7SH |
| Abercromby Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 71 | L8 7QA |
| Smithdown Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 484 | L7 6LJ |
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 L70
2 rated food businesses operate in L70. 1 hold the top rating of 5, 0 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Team Sport Liverpool.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Knowsley
Landlines around L70 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.