L38 9EW

Thornton & Hightown · Sefton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Liverpool
Local authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central
Postcode district
L38
Postcode sector
L38 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L38 9ET 51 m
L38 9EB 64 m
L38 9EN 81 m
L38 9EA 106 m
L38 9ES 117 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L38 9EW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L38
Postcode sector
L38 9
Latitude
53.521220
Longitude
-3.059005
British National Grid easting
329,885
British National Grid northing
403,248

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Sefton · E08000014
Parish or community
E04000037
Westminster constituency
Sefton Central · E14001463
Output area
E00035619
Lower layer super output area
Sefton 021D · E01007027
Middle layer super output area
Sefton 021 · E02001449

Postcode source versions

Explore L38

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Old Acre, Hightown, Liverpool, L38 9EW 13 December 2017 £285,000
4, Old Acre, Hightown, Liverpool, L38 9EW 25 May 2007 £229,000
10, Old Acre, Hightown, Liverpool, L38 9EW 26 January 2006 £205,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
15
Secondary
6
  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km
  2. Range High School

    Academy converter

    3.0 km
  3. St Michaels Church of England Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
125
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Violence and sexual offences 31
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Public order 12
  • Burglary 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

13 female, 10 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.1
L38 9 residents
1,183

Age bands in L38 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.7%

135 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.4%

74 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.9%

219 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.1%

383 residents

Age 65 and over
29.8%

345 residents

This postcode contained 1.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider L38 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
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

6

within 5 km

  • HIGHTOWN VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code N84626

    989 m

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY FORMBY

    12 ELBOW LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4AW

    ODS code N84018

    3.9 km

  • CHAPEL LANE SURGERY

    13 CHAPEL LANE, FORMBY, LIVERPOOL, L37 4DL

    ODS code N84006

    4.0 km

  • BLUNDELLSANDS SURGERY

    1 WARREN ROAD, BLUNDELLSANDS, LIVERPOOL, L23 6TZ

    ODS code N84020

    4.3 km

  • LIVERPOOL RD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    133 LIVERPOOL ROAD, CROSBY, LIVERPOOL, L23 5TE

    ODS code N84007

    4.5 km

  • GREAT CROSBY AND THORNTON

    THORNTON FAMILY HC, BRETLANDS ROAD, THORNTON, LIVERPOOL, L23 1TQ

    ODS code N84621

    4.9 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

  • Blundell Road

    BCT · Hightown

    0.1 miles
  • Thornbeck Avenue

    BCT · Hightown

    0.1 miles
  • Blundell Road

    BCT · Hightown

    0.1 miles
  • Thornbeck Avenue

    BCT · Hightown

    0.1 miles
  • Thornbeck Avenue

    BCT · Hightown

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sefton 021D, 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

28,863 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
2
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

125 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 33 events.

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