Blundell's Hill
Suburb · 117 residents
61Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Affordability scores 74, well above the typical 60
- Property market scores 72, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Road noise reaches 94% of the area
- Food & drink scores 30, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Blundell's Hill
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Blundell's Hill a good place to live?
Blundell's Hill scores 61/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for affordability (74) and property market (72).
It scores lowest on food & drink (30).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Blundell's Hill in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Blundell's Hill
Blundell's Hill reads as detached and semi-detached streets, hedged gardens, cars on driveways rather than kerbs — the kind of suburb where people tend to stay put rather than pass through, and the median age near 48 backs that up. This isn't a place full of new arrivals; it's settled, and it looks it.
That settledness shows up in the property market too. Detached homes dominate the sales here, freehold is the norm rather than the exception, and with a median house price around £229k against a national figure north of £280k, a For Sale board on this street is advertising something that would cost noticeably more almost anywhere else. Against St. Helens as a whole, prices still run about 45% higher, so this is one of the borough's better-off corners even if it looks affordable on a national scale. Schooling is a mixed picture rather than a selling point: Rainhill High School and Oakdene Primary Academy are both rated Good, St Ann's and St Bartholomew's serve the primary years too, but there's no Outstanding grade in the mix, and the overall schools grade sits at a C+. Families here are choosing solid rather than exceptional, and the commute picture is thin — two transport stops only, no rail station named locally, so this reads as a driving suburb more than a station-to-city one.
Day to day, the shape of life here is quieter than busy. Green space is limited to a single named area but a generous one — nearly 50 hectares — so there's room to walk a dog or let children run even without a scattering of parks. The nightlife grade is a modest C, and there's little here pointing to a restaurant scene or evening trade; this is a place for gardens and front rooms, not high streets full of options. Health provision earns a C+ too, which sits slightly below what you'd hope for in an area this comfortable financially — worth checking GP capacity for yourself rather than assuming it. Safety is the area's quiet strength and its quiet catch: the overall safety grade is a solid B+, and crime here runs lower than the St. Helens average, but violence and sexual offences still account for close to half of all recorded crime locally, well ahead of anti-social behaviour or theft. It's not a crime-heavy suburb, but it's not a crime-free one either, and that one category carries real weight in the total.