Saltcotes
Suburb · 136 residents
79Very 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
- Environment scores 82, well above the typical 60
- Property market scores 81, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 51 per 1,000 people a year against 100
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 50% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Saltcotes
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Saltcotes a good place to live?
Saltcotes scores 79/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (82) and property market (81).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Saltcotes in North West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Saltcotes
Saltcotes reads as low-rise and settled: semi-detached and detached houses on quiet roads, hedges rather than shopfronts, the sort of place where the streets empty out during the day and fill up again come early evening. It attracts an older, established crowd rather than a young rental market — the median age here sits well above the national figure, and everything about the place, from the housing stock to the pace, follows from that.
The practical picture is a mixed one worth sitting with. Moss Side Rail Station gives you a line out without needing a car for everything, though with only a couple of transport stops locally, this isn't a place built around public transport — you'll want your own wheels for the day-to-day. Schools skew Catholic and voluntary-aided: St Peter's Catholic Primary in Lytham and St Bede's Catholic High School cover the family route through, while Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary Academy carries a Good Ofsted rating, giving you at least one clearly-vetted option if that matters to your choice of street. Housing itself is dominated by semi-detached freehold homes, and at a median of £295,000 you're paying a touch above neighbouring Fylde district, though still under the national median — solid rather than sharp-elbowed money, in other words, and the freehold-heavy tenure split (49 freehold sales against 32 leasehold in the recent sample) tells you most of what a For Sale board here is really saying: you're buying the house and the ground it sits on, not a share of a building.