Highpark
Suburb · 341 residents
51Fair
Fair · better than 2 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
- 90% of residents live within five minutes of a park
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 47 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Flood risk: 17% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Food & drink scores 32, below the typical 60
- Schools scores 36, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Highpark a good place to live?
Highpark scores 51/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (72) and safety (70).
It scores lowest on food & drink (32) and schools (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Highpark in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Highpark
Highpark's streets are dense with semi-detached brick and modest gardens, the kind of terrain that reads as solidly ordinary rather than aspirational — a place built for living in, not showing off. It sits at a population density above the national average, tighter-packed than most English suburbs, and that closeness shows in a streetscape where houses sit close enough to hear next door's radio.
The property market tells its own story here: freehold semis dominate almost completely, and with prices sitting well below both the regional and national medians — a typical semi here trades for roughly a third less than the national figure for the same property type — a For Sale board on this street speaks to affordability rather than ambition. That fits with an income decile of 2, near the lower end nationally, though the area's overall deprivation ranking sits closer to the middle of the pack, a reminder that low incomes and outright deprivation aren't quite the same story here. Schooling is represented by Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary, rated Good, a solid rather than exceptional option, and that's consistent with the area's broader school grade — respectable, not outstanding. Median age of 39 suggests a settled, working population rather than a transient or heavily retired one.
Green space is thin on the ground in the strictest sense — a single named space, running to about 24 hectares — but it's substantial enough to anchor a weekend walk without needing a second option. What's harder to overlook is the crime picture: violent and sexual offences make up well over half of all recorded crime, and the overall crime rate here runs far above the Sefton average, not the low hundreds you might see in the mildest suburbs. That's the one grade that breaks the pattern — an area that scores well on environment, connectivity and affordability, yet carries a safety grade that, despite the headline A, sits against a crime rate multiple times higher than its own parent borough. It's worth sitting with that contradiction rather than smoothing it over: the numbers suggest a place that feels fine day to day but has a rougher edge showing up in the statistics.