Property market
The five-year median is £220,000 from 5,268 recorded sales in PR8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Sefton is £225,433 in June 2026, up 5.2% year on year.
PR8
UK postcode district
Part of Southport
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,088
- Current units
- 1,256
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 832
Postcode sectors in PR8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
31,545 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 27, Rivington Close, Southport, PR8 4DP | 31 July 2026 | £65,000 |
| 148, Virginia Street, Southport, PR8 6SP | 29 July 2026 | £200,000 |
| 78, Talbot Street, Southport, PR8 1LX | 24 July 2026 | £300,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 4
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,737
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,952
- Shoplifting 566
- Public order 558
- Anti social behaviour 341
- Drugs 308
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- PR8 usual residents
- 56,153
- Age-profile population
- 55,344
Age bands in PR8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.2%
- 8,430 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- 5,440 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.9%
- 12,096 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- 15,706 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 24.7%
- 13,672 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,203 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 97.1%
- Gigabit-capable
- 94.3%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,068 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 550 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
in this district
AINSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE
66 STATION ROAD, AINSDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 3HW
ODS code N84012
AINSDALE VILLAGE SURGERY
THE SURGERY, 2 LEAMINGTON RD, AINSDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 3LB
ODS code N84014
CHRISTIANA HARTLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 CURZON ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6PL
ODS code N84013
CUMBERLAND HOUSE SURGERY
58 SCARISBRICK NEW ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6PQ
ODS code N84005
GRANGE SURGERY
41 YORK ROAD, BIRKDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 2AD
ODS code N84024
KEW SURGERY
85 TOWN LANE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 6RG
ODS code N84617
THE FAMILY SURGERY
107 LIVERPOOL RD, BIRKDALE, SOUTHPORT, PR8 4DB
ODS code N84625
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 4 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,737 published events cover 12 months, averaging 395 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,952 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.