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Would I like living here? What stands out, a day in the life, schools in reach, journey times, shops and leisure, and places with the same character.
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
| Anfield West | Liverpool | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes per 1,000 residents a year | 157 | 143 | 99 |
| In good or very good health | 73% | 79% | 82% |
| Households with dependent children | 31% | 26% | 29% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| Degree or higher | 21% | 31% | 34% |
| Nitrogen dioxide (µg/m³) | 13.5 | 12.7 | 10.1 |
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The nearest station is Kirkdale, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 930k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Liverpool FC, 150 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 27, 17, 68, 17A); 108 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
55% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Four Oaks Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Whitefield Primary School (1.1 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is North Liverpool Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 45.6 · 11.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (3.6 km) and Liverpool College (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (5 km) and St Anselm's College (7.1 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
Near the middle of the neighbourhood, the closest supermarket is Iceland, 700 m away, with Homebaked Bakery closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mere Lane Group Practice (500 m), with Anfield Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Jaffa's Barber Shop is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is New Royal Liverpool University, 2.1 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 4 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Georgie Porgy Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Albert Pub the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 157 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 14 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 71% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is William Ralf Dean Playing Fields, 550 m away; for exercise, Peak Performance Liverpool (700 m).
| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Oaks Community Primary School | Primary | 150 m | 81% met the expected standard |
| All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 450 m | 43% met the expected standard |
| Anfield Road Primary School | Primary | 500 m | 29% met the expected standard |
| The Beacon Church of England Primary School | Primary | 750 m | 58% met the expected standard |
| Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School | Primary | 750 m | 57% met the expected standard |
| North Liverpool Academy | Secondary | 650 m | Attainment 8: 45.6 · 11.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Notre Dame Catholic Academy | Secondary | 1.1 km | Attainment 8: 31 · 2.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Academy of St Francis of Assisi | Secondary | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 35.8 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Hillside High School | Secondary | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 39.8 · 6.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Purple Ruler | Secondary | 3.0 km | – |
| Liverpool Progressive School | Independent | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 1.2 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Cavendish View School | Independent | 2.5 km |
| Anfield West | Liverpool | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush hour to central London, public transport | 207 min | 202 min | 163 min |
| Rush hour to the nearest big city centre | 35 min | 37 min | 93 min |
| Minutes to a town centre | 13 min | 16 min | 20 min |
| Distance to the nearest station | 1.8 km | 1.4 km | 2.8 km |
| Buses an hour within a 5-minute walk | 81 | 65 | 21 |
| Commute by train or Tube | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home | 16% | 25% | 30% |
| Households without a car | 55% | 40% | 23% |
DfT journey time statistics, our rush-hour journey times, NaPTAN, ORR, Census 2021.
| Anfield West | Liverpool | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants and cafés | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Pubs and bars | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Independent cafés, takeaways and shops | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| Named parks within 2 km | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Postcodes within 400 m of a public park | 100% | 73% | 55% |
| Gyms, pools and sports centres within 2 km | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Public swimming pools within 5 km | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Cinemas, theatres and libraries within 5 km | 29 | 19 | 8 |
FSA, OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Sport England (CC BY).
Matched on character, not price: age mix, education, tenure, home types, how people travel, deprivation, crime, places to eat and distance to London. "Alike" is 100 for an identical profile and 0 for no closer than a typical area.
How the neighbourhoods around it compare on crime, schools, journeys, parks and price.
| Childwall East | 29 | 0 | 42 min | 8 | £322k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calderstones | 31 | 0 | 51 min | 8 | £550k |
| West Allerton | 32 | 1 | 37 min | 5 | £425k |
| Childwall West & Wavertree Green | 32 | 1 | 43 min | 9 | £378k |
| Gateacre | 33 | 0 | 55 min | 7 | £320k |
| Croxteth East | 41 | 1 | 58 min | 7 | £207k |
| Broad Green | 53 | 0 | 41 min | 11 | £295k |
| Muirhead Avenue | 54 | 0 | 46 min | 5 | £211k |
| Aigburth & Grassendale | 57 | 0 | 41 min | 4 | £357k |
| Allerton | 60 | 0 | 33 min | 7 | £340k |
| Woolton | 63 | 0 | 50 min | 7 | £277k |
| Wavertree Penny Lane | 68 | 1 | 41 min | 11 | £291k |
| Sandfield Park & Holly Lodge | 74 | 0 | 42 min | 8 | £274k |
| Croxteth Park | 74 | 1 | 55 min | 6 | £242k |
| Mossley Hill East | 75 | 1 | 24 min | 7 | £303k |
| Anfield North | 85 | 1 | 43 min | 7 | £202k |
| Hunts Cross | 85 | 0 | 49 min | 8 | £266k |
| Dingle | 86 | 1 | 39 min | 4 | £185k |
| Knotty Ash | 87 | 0 | 51 min | 10 | £157k |
| Walton East | 91 | 0 | 49 min | 5 | £162k |
| Yewtree | 92 | 0 | 55 min | 11 | £145k |
| Norris Green East | 92 | 0 | 49 min | 4 | £203k |
| Walton Vale | 93 | 0 | 40 min | 7 | £156k |
| Netherley | 93 | 0 | 55 min | 1 | £156k |
| Dovecot | 97 | 0 | 42 min | 6 | £212k |
| Croxteth West & Gillmoss | 99 | 1 | 51 min | 5 | £166k |
| Orrell Park | 99 | 1 | 33 min | 11 | £167k |
| Wavertree South | 100 | 1 | 37 min | 11 | £201k |
| Fazakerley North | 100 | 0 | 41 min | 4 | £171k |
| Belle Vale | 101 | 1 | 49 min | 7 | £178k |
| Wavertree West | 101 | 0 | 32 min | 16 | £148k |
| Wavertree East | 101 | 0 | 37 min | 11 | £191k |
| Stoneycroft | 101 | 0 | 37 min | 8 | £159k |
| Garston | 102 | 0 | 33 min | 4 | £198k |
| St Michael's & Otterspool | 105 | 2 | 35 min | 8 | £257k |
| Tuebrook | 111 | 1 | 34 min | 5 | £149k |
| Speke East | 117 | 0 | 54 min | 3 | £154k |
| Norris Green West | 118 | 0 | 40 min | 4 | £168k |
| Toxteth | 133 | 1 | 26 min | 6 | £147k |
| Edge Hill | 133 | 1 | 24 min | 21 | £147k |
| Princes Park | 136 | 2 | 34 min | 10 | £176k |
| Anfield East | 138 | 2 | 30 min | 12 | £107k |
| Fazakerley South | 138 | 0 | 55 min | 6 | £160k |
| Mossley Hill West & Sefton Park | 143 | 2 | 46 min | 10 | £258k |
| Toxteth Park | 147 | 1 | 30 min | 16 | £106k |
| Kensington | 150 | 1 | 25 min | 17 | £112k |
| Walton Hall | 156 | 1 | 40 min | 8 | £146k |
| Anfield West (this one) | 157 | 2 | 35 min | 10 | £132k |
| Everton East | 161 | 1 | 31 min | 13 | £100k |
| Fairfield East | 167 | 0 | 32 min | 10 | £161k |
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 7.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 13 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 46 km.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Liverpool, 2.6 km away (TEF Gold).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers.
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| Christian Fellowship School | Independent | 3.0 km | 15.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
|---|
| Anfield West | Liverpool | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top-rated state primaries within 2 km | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Top-rated state secondaries within 6 km | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Good or outstanding nurseries within 2 km | 13 | 12 | 7 |
| Grammar schools within 15 km | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Minutes to a primary school | 7 min | 7 min | 9 min |
| Minutes to a secondary school | 14 min | 14 min | 18 min |
DfE performance tables and Ofsted.
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| To | Public transport | Car |
|---|---|---|
| Central London (Bank) | 3 h 27 | 3 h 41 |
| Liverpool city centre | 35 min | 10 min |
| Liverpool airport | 73 min | 25 min |
From the middle of the neighbourhood, leaving on a weekday between 8 and 9am (the typical journey across that hour, including walking and waiting). Buses, trams and the Tube from the Bus Open Data Service, trains from the National Rail timetable; car times assume free-flowing traffic on OpenStreetMap road speeds, so rush-hour driving is often slower. The city and airport are the nearest by car. Contains OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).