Crap Towns / Merseyside / Crosby
Crosby
48/100Crap Score
515th crappest of 984 towns, and 13th in Merseyside. Higher scores are crapper.
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Crap Town of the Year 2026/27
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Letters from the locals
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Mate, you're in Liverpool
Iron men on the beach and a lot of people insisting they're not from Liverpool. They are.
Crosby is Liverpool's posh end and would rather you didn't mention Liverpool at all. Mate, you're in Liverpool. The Iron Men stand on the beach staring out to sea, which is the right way to face, and the locals dress them up for Christmas like they're family. On a sunny Sunday you can't park anywhere near them.
For a posh end there's not much going on. There are 3 hairdressers for the whole town and 1 bank, and the library's shut. The fire brigade gets called out to a deliberate fire nearly two and a half times as often as in the typical town. Nothing much to brag about. They brag anyway.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Crosby's 82 for deliberate fires means it's crapper than 82% of towns.
- Deliberate fires82/10013.9 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
- Rain70/100145 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Fly-tipping66/10013.9 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Sefton council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
- Sewage spills52/100302 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Food hygiene48/1002.4% rated 0 to 2, of the 298 food businesses with a rating
- Air pollution47/1008.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Serious road collisions40/1002.2 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Criminal damage and arson34/1005.9 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Anti-social behaviour31/1008.1 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Broadband28/1002.1% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 11.7% across the Sefton council area
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Newton-le-Willows | 66 |
| 10 | Haydock | 63 |
| 11 | Litherland | 59 |
| 12 | Bebington | 50 |
| 13 | Crosby | 48 |
| In danger of becoming nice from here down.14 | Maghull | 36 |
| 15 | Southport | 34 |
| 16 | West Kirby | 29 |
| 17 | Formby | 27 |
Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.
Crosby by numbers
Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.
Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 63.5 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Better: 17% lower than the typical town's 76.2
- 13 reports of potholes and bad road surfaces on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Better: 2.6 per 10,000 people, 24% lower than the typical town's 3.4
- 8 serious pollution incidents within 1 km since 2016, the latest in 2024
What's left on the high street
- 25 pubs, 3 hairdressers, 6 charity shops, 2 bookmakers, 1 vape shop, 1 bank, 2 Greggs on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 2.1% of takeaways rated 0 to 2 for hygiene (1 of 48) Better: 48% lower than the typical town's 4.0%
- 1 library shut for good since 2010: College Road (2013)
- 7 public toilets on the map (October 2026) Worse: 1.4 per 10,000 people, 13% lower than the typical town's 1.6
- 2 public swimming pools open Worse: 0.4 per 10,000 people, 43% lower than the typical English town's 0.7
- 3 places on England's Heritage at Risk register
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 12.05am last bus out on a Wednesday About the same: About the same as the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.3% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%
- 15.9% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space About the same: About the same as the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,534 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 1,532
Sefton council
Have a crap-off
Crosby against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.