Grange
Suburb · 1,463 residents
82Very good
Very good · better than 9 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
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 52 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Environment scores 76, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 16% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Grange a good place to live?
Grange scores 82/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (77) and environment (76).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Grange in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Grange
Grange sits on the west side of the Wirral peninsula, all semi-detached houses and low-rise streets, the kind of place where front gardens are tended rather than paved over. The population here skews older than the national picture, and it shows in the pace of things — steadier, quieter, less geared toward the young professional crowd than the family and retirement mix that actually lives here.
If you commute, Hoylake Rail Station and Manor Road Rail Station both sit within the area, giving you a choice of routes into Liverpool without needing a car for the daily grind. Schooling is a mixed bag rather than a uniform sell: West Kirby Grammar School has a solid Good rating and a Progress 8 score that suggests it stretches its pupils, and Black Horse Hill Infant School and Hoylake Holy Trinity CofE Primary both carry Good judgements too — but the area's overall schools grade lands only at C+, a reminder that a few strong names don't necessarily lift the whole picture. On the housing side, semi-detached freehold homes dominate what's for sale, and at a median of £230,000 you're buying into a market that's noticeably cheaper than the Wirral average, let alone the national one — this is a place where your money still stretches.
The green space is real rather than decorative — four sites covering nearly 53 hectares in an area of under a mile and a half square, so weekend walking is built into the geography rather than something you drive to. That environmental strength is the area's standout grade, alongside a safety rating that also comes out high — worth noting because Grange's overall crime rate runs well above the Wirral benchmark, driven mostly by violence and sexual offences and shoplifting rather than burglary or vehicle crime, which both sit low. It's the kind of split that rewards a closer look rather than a headline glance: the numbers move in one direction, the lived safety grade in another, and both are worth sitting with rather than resolving into a single verdict. Health provision, by contrast, is the flatter grade here — C+, worth checking against your own needs rather than assuming.