L37 4AU

Formby East · Sefton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central
Postcode district
L37
Postcode sector
L37 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L37 4AP 64 m
L37 4BD 98 m
L37 4AT 121 m
L37 4BG 144 m
L37 4AY 157 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L37 4AU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L37
Postcode sector
L37 4
Latitude
53.554015
Longitude
-3.062616
British National Grid easting
329,700
British National Grid northing
406,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Parish or community
E04000038
Westminster constituency
Sefton Central · E14001463
Output area
E00035850
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 015D · E01007078
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 015 · E02001443

Postcode source versions

Explore L37

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Redgate Community Primary School

    Community school

    721 m
  2. Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    774 m
  3. Formby High School

    Academy converter

    844 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
931
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 379
  • Shoplifting 137
  • Anti social behaviour 110
  • Public order 79
  • Criminal damage and arson 49

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
L37 4 residents
2,774

Age bands in L37 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%

315 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

271 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.6%

385 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

683 residents

Age 65 and over
28.6%

663 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY FORMBY

    12 ELBOW LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4AW

    ODS code N84018

    221 m

  • CHAPEL LANE SURGERY

    13 CHAPEL LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4DL

    ODS code N84006

    351 m

  • HIGHTOWN VILLAGE SURGERY

    1 ST GEORGES ROAD, HIGHTOWN, LIVERPOOL, L38 3RY

    ODS code N84626

    2.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Elbow Lane

    BCT · Formby

    0.0 miles
  • Elbow Lane

    BCT · Formby

    0.0 miles
  • Cropton Road

    BCT · Formby

    0.1 miles
  • Three Tuns Lane

    BCT · Formby

    0.1 miles
  • Formby Village

    BCT · Formby

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 015D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,592 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Redgate Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 721 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

931 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 379 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.