L38 1AB

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
L38
Postcode sector
L38 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L37 5AN 416 m
L38 4JB 563 m
L37 6GB 584 m
L37 6FY 599 m
L37 6FX 614 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L38 1AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L38
Postcode sector
L38 1
Latitude
53.539994
Longitude
-3.048171
British National Grid easting
330,634
British National Grid northing
405,326

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Parish or community
E04000030
Westminster constituency
Sefton Central · E14001463
Output area
E00035876
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 016B · E01007076
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 016 · E02001444

Postcode source versions

Explore L38

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
3
  1. Redgate Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Our Lady of Compassion Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km
  3. St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
272
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 132
  • Public order 32
  • Anti social behaviour 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 18
  • Other theft 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
L38 1 residents
198

Age bands in L38 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.6%

30 residents

Age 15 to 24
12%

31 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.7%

38 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.4%

84 residents

Age 65 and over
29.3%

76 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • HIGHTOWN VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N84626

    1.3 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY FORMBY

    12 ELBOW LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4AW

    ODS code N84018

    2.0 km

  • CHAPEL LANE SURGERY

    13 CHAPEL LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4DL

    ODS code N84006

    2.1 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Lighthouse Lane

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.4 miles
  • Lighthouse Lane

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.6 miles
  • Alt Road

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.6 miles
  • Monks Drive

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.6 miles
  • Abbots Way

    BCT · Little Altcar

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 016B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,771 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 3 secondary schools. Redgate Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

272 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 132 events.

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