Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 6,212 in Merseyside, North West.
Aintree grades C+ overall against UK towns: better than 38% of UK towns, and #11 of 25 in Merseyside. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (A): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £228,000, 5 years of area income; rent £938 a month.
The 3 things Aintree does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Aintree is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 5 buildings inside Aintree’s built-up area.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aintree.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
1% of homes date from before 1919. Relative to its size, Aintree keeps 8 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Between them, two primaries teach 896 pupils in Aintree. Aintree Davenhill Primary School’s results beat three quarters of schools in England like it. Both of its schools are shown below. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 66% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 450 | C+ |
| Aintree Davenhill Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 446 | A− |
9% rent privately, lower than both Merseyside’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). Council and housing-body homes hold 5% of households. The £228,000 median rests on 234 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | £230,000 | 184 |
| Terraced | £230,000 | 31 |
| Flat or maisonette | £82,500 | 16 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 6.3% of the town. Seeing a GP means leaving Aintree: the nearest practice is 1.3 miles away. Four fifths of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above Merseyside’s towns (78%) but below England’s towns (82%).
| Census 2021 | Aintree | Merseyside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.3% | 7.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
477 crimes and 91 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Aintree’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 17.4 reports per 1,000, higher than both Merseyside’s towns (8.2) and England’s towns (7.8). 31% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 29% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Before tax, the average household brings in £48K a year. Just over four in five commuters drove, above both Merseyside’s towns (71%) and England’s towns (70%). For 35% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. About 7% of its commuters stay in Aintree for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
15% are under 15, below both Merseyside’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. The middle age in Aintree is 49.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Aintree | Merseyside | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.7% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Merseyside and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Aintree. Best known first.
Historic houseCroxteth Hall4.4 km outside town, to the southeastAttractionAttractionCroxteth Park Miniature Railway4.4 km outside town, to the southeastZooZooCroxteth Park Farm4.5 km outside town, to the southeastAttractionAttractionCasbah Coffee Club5 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumLFC Museum4.8 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
5 listed buildings in Aintree.
Valley House: Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · County Stand at Aintree Racecourse: Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0
8 notable people were born in Aintree.
Thomas Cannon: Timfilbert, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Andrew Gower: Minkerbelle, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aintree | 6,212 | — | C+ | D | C+ | C+ |
| Maghull | 20,367 | 1.9 | C | D | C+ | B− |
| Bootle | 53,722 | 2.1 | D− | C+ | D− | D− |
| Kirkby | 45,559 | 2.1 | D− | C− | D | D− |
| Litherland | 18,752 | 2.5 | D | C | C− | D− |
| Lydiate | 6,516 | 2.9 | B | D | A | B |
| Crosby | 50,218 | 3.3 | C− | D | C | C− |
| Knowsley | 2,345 | 4.2 | — | D− | C | D− |
Knowsley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Aintree is £2,653 for 2026–27, more than in 92% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
About the middle for its size: 57% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Merseyside, England
Aintree is a built-up area of 6,212 people, in the Sefton council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
