L37 4HP

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 4DB 44 m
L37 4BS 56 m
L37 4BQ 59 m
L37 4BN 103 m
L37 4BX 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L37 4HP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1998
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L37
Postcode sector
L37 4
Latitude
53.552965
Longitude
-3.058379
British National Grid easting
329,979
British National Grid northing
406,779

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
E00035856
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 016C · E01007077
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 016 · E02001444

Postcode source versions

Explore L37

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
2
  1. Redgate Community Primary School

    Community school

    418 m
  2. Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    603 m
  3. Formby High School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
882
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 368
  • Shoplifting 132
  • Anti social behaviour 96
  • Public order 73
  • Criminal damage and arson 48

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

    395 m

  • CHAPEL LANE SURGERY

    13 CHAPEL LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4DL

    ODS code N84006

    502 m

  • HIGHTOWN VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N84626

    2.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Birkey Lane

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.1 miles
  • Coronation Avenue

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.1 miles
  • Cross Green Close

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.1 miles
  • Three Tuns Lane

    BCT · Formby

    0.1 miles
  • Three Tuns Lane

    BCT · Formby

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 016C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,193 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Redgate Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 418 m.

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

Recorded crime

882 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 368 events.

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