L35
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Prescot, Whiston and Rainhill, in Knowsley and St. Helens.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an L35 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In L35, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How L35 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is L35 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in L35 at a rate of 83.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 112.3 per 1,000 people across the L postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 239 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in L35.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,178), other crime (445) and anti-social behaviour (323).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in L35 was 79.5 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in L35, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so L35 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in L35
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley 007A | 1,533 | 162.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Knowsley 007B | 1,441 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Knowsley 009A | 1,630 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Knowsley 009C | 1,401 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Knowsley 009D | 1,573 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Knowsley 009E | 1,928 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Knowsley 013A | 1,114 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Knowsley 013B | 1,049 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Knowsley 013C | 1,379 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| Knowsley 013D | 1,187 | 145.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| Knowsley 013E | 1,673 | 115.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Knowsley 017B | 1,925 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.4% |
| Knowsley 017C | 1,645 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| St. Helens 021A | 1,394 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 021B | 1,356 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 021C | 1,325 | 125.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| St. Helens 021D | 1,368 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| St. Helens 023A | 1,194 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| St. Helens 023B | 1,379 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.7% |
| St. Helens 023C | 1,605 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| St. Helens 023D | 1,398 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
MPs for L35
- Ms Marie RimmerLabourMP for St Helens South and Whiston71% of L35’s postcodes
- Derek TwiggLabourMP for Widnes and Halewood27% of L35’s postcodes
- Anneliese MidgleyLabourMP for Knowsley2.3% of L35’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in L355
Postcode sectors in L3510
Councils L35 covers2
Towns in L352
Postcode districts next to L356
Nearest rail stations4
More in the L postcode area2
L35 in brief
L35 is a postcode district covering Prescot, Whiston and Rainhill, in Knowsley and St. Helens.
About 31,416 people lived in L35 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 457 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in L35 was £220,000 in 2025.
L35 had 30,704 usual residents at the census.
In L35, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In L35, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.