L1 8JQ
Recorded crime in the local area is up 2.7% on a year ago, with 2,360 incidents in the past year. Violence and sexual offences remain the most common category, as they were three years ago, even though total crime is down 34% over that period. Homes in this postcode sector have a median sold price of £166,950, above the wider district median and well below the national figure. Flood risk is currently shown as none identified.
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Crime in context
Recorded crime in the local area stands at 2,360 incidents in the past year. That is 2.7% higher than a year ago, but 34% below the level seen three years ago. Violence and sexual offences remain the most common category now, and they were also the top category three years ago. The figures point to a lower overall level than before, although the most recent movement is upward.
House prices in depth
The median sold price for this postcode sector is £166,950. That sits above the wider district median of £161,000, but below the national median of £284,238. The price breakdown shows flats with a median of £166,700 from 206 sales, which is close to the sector figure and gives a useful guide to the local market mix. No other property types are shown in the facts.
Flood risk
The current flood band is shown as none identified. That indicates no mapped flood risk band is currently assigned in the available data. It does not describe any individual property, only the area-level mapping used for this postcode.
Flood risk
Rivers & sea: None identified. Surface water: None identified.
House prices
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, based on sales in the nearby postcode sector (a small cluster of streets), last 24 months.
Range £95,000 – £17,000,000
This sector includes one-off very large transactions that dominate some months — the spikes here are individual sales, not the general market. Treat the shape of this line with caution.
By property type
Median sold price by type across L1 8, last 24 months.
- Flat£166,700(206 sales)
Sector median £166,950 vs the wider district £161,000 · national £284,238.
Recorded crime
Crime data from Police.uk, based on incidents in the immediate neighbourhood (an official statistics area of roughly 1,500 residents), last 12 months.
How this area has changed
PostcodeLens combines saved monthly snapshots with views reconstructed from official source data, so you can compare today's figures with earlier months.
Saved snapshots are the monthly figures PostcodeLens has recorded since July 2026. Reconstructed views are assembled from official source data (HM Land Registry price paid, Police UK crime) to show earlier months; they carry no flood history.
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