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A town of 9,175 in Merseyside, North West.
Greasby grades A overall against UK towns: better than 88% of UK towns, and #1 of 25 in Merseyside. Its strongest subject is safety (A): 11.3 violent and sexual offences and 3.7 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is cost of living (C−): median sale £275,000, 6 years of area income; rent £859 a month.
The 3 things Greasby 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 Greasby is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 11 buildings inside Greasby’s built-up area.
3% 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 Greasby.
Line up the people of Greasby by age and the one in the middle is 51.4. Children under 15 make up 14%, below Merseyside’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Greasby | Merseyside | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 30% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2% | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 37% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Merseyside and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
74% of pupils at the town’s 3 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). One of its 4 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Some 1,117 pupils attend Greasby’s four primaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 435 | A |
Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Greasby has less crime per resident than 97% of them. Police figures for the town’s built-up area: 180 crimes and 31 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Also worth knowing: there were 3.8 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below both Merseyside’s towns (8.2) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences accounted for 52% of recorded crime.
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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 3%. Conservation areas cover 2% of Greasby’s land, below both Merseyside’s towns (6%) and England’s towns (7%). This Merseyside town has 12 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The private rented sector houses 7% of households. 4% live in social housing, lower than both Merseyside’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (18%). From September 2023 to August 2026, 397 homes sold inside Greasby’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £275,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £340,000 | 121 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 228 |
| Terraced | £245,000 | 20 |
| Flat or maisonette | £113,000 | 28 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
A disability affects 19% of people in Greasby. Women here live to 85.6 on average and men to 82.1 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; three quarters of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Greasby | Merseyside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.8% | 7.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 1.5%. 86% of commuters drove, higher than both Merseyside’s towns (71%) and England’s towns (70%). For just over a third of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
11 listed buildings in Greasby.
Old Post Office: Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Church of St John the Divine: Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Former Barn to Rear of the Manor: Photo: Rept0n1x · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Greasby Old Hall: Photo: Rodhullandemu · CC BY-SA 4.0
3 notable people were born in Greasby.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greasby | 9,175 | — | A | C− | A | B+ |
| Meols | 5,023 | 2.4 | A− | D | A | B |
| West Kirby | 13,383 | 2.4 | A | D | B+ | A− |
| Caldy | 1,227 | 2.5 | — | D− | A | A+ |
| Birkenhead | 109,854 | 2.6 | D | B− | D | D− |
| Hoylake | 5,311 | 2.8 | B+ | C− | B− | C+ |
| Heswall | 29,082 | 2.8 | A− | D | A− | B+ |
| Wallasey | 85,619 | 3.5 | D | B− | C− | D |
Caldy has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary schools stand out: Key Stage 2 results beat 94% of towns in England. Secondary results are closer to the middle, beating 62%.
Town in Merseyside, England
Greasby is a built-up area of 9,175 people, in the Wirral 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.
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