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Wavertree (L15) or West Derby (L12): an area comparison

Wavertree has the lower recorded-sale median by £25,000. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.

The short answer

Which has the lower district median?

Wavertree: £185,000. West Derby: £210,000.

Wavertree is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Wavertree: 13. West Derby: 12 open establishments.

This is the size of each district's registered school base.

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: L15 86, L12 98. mapped green-space sites: L15 34, L12 31.

These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.

The broad price gap is £25,000 across the 24-month samples. That gives Wavertree the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Wavertree has 13 registered schools, 34 mapped green-space sites and 86 bus nodes. West Derby has 12, 31 and 98 respectively.

District prices

L15 recorded 753 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £185,000. The £222,574 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

L12 recorded 576 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £210,000. The £231,148 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

L15

Median recorded sale
£185,000
Average recorded sale
£222,574
Recorded sales
753 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

L12

Median recorded sale
£210,000
Average recorded sale
£231,148
Recorded sales
576 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

Crime and serious-crime share

Police.uk records 2,416 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,194, or 49.4% of the total.

Police.uk records 1,753 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 842, or 48.0% of the total.

L15

Reported crime, 12 months
2,416
Selected report-category share
1,194 (49.4%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

L12

Reported crime, 12 months
1,753
Selected report-category share
842 (48.0%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

Local-area deprivation context

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. L15 has a median of 3.0. 57.3% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 9.7% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. L12 has a median of 5.0. 16.2% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 8.4% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

L15

Median IMD decile
3.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
57.3%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
9.7%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

L12

Median IMD decile
5.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
16.2%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
8.4%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

Schools

The register lists 13 open establishments in L15. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 12 open establishments in L12. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

L15

Registered school sites
13 (Primary: 10, Secondary: 3)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

L12

Registered school sites
12 (Primary: 8, Secondary: 4)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

Green space and outdoor sport

OS maps 34 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 69.12 hectares, including 4 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 31 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 316.97 hectares, including 5 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

L15

Mapped OS green-space sites
34
Mapped site area
69.12 ha
Public parks or gardens
4
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

L12

Mapped OS green-space sites
31
Mapped site area
316.97 ha
Public parks or gardens
5
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

Flood context

The source covers 543 postcode units. 104 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 128 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 608 postcode units. 110 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 142 have medium-risk surroundings.

L15

Postcode units in source
543
Units with high-risk surroundings
104
Units with medium-risk surroundings
128
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

L12

Postcode units in source
608
Units with high-risk surroundings
110
Units with medium-risk surroundings
142
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

Air quality

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 12.2 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 11.7 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

L15

Median annual mean NO₂
12.2 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

L12

Median annual mean NO₂
11.7 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 86 active bus nodes and 0 rail, metro or tram nodes across L15. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 98 active bus nodes and 0 rail, metro or tram nodes across L12. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

L15

Active bus access nodes
86
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
0
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

L12

Active bus access nodes
98
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
0
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Broadband availability

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

L15

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

L12

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

Road safety

DfT records 147 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 1 fatal, 29 serious and 117 slight.

DfT records 75 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 1 fatal, 16 serious and 58 slight.

L15

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
147
Fatal
1
Serious
29
Slight
117
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

L12

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
75
Fatal
1
Serious
16
Slight
58
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Sources and method

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