Crap Towns / Crosby / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Crosby?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Crosby couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 80 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 24,569 | 97.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 11.0 km | 2.5 |
| Bootle | 4.0 km | 1.1 |
| Aintree | 5.4 km | 0.5 |
| Kirkby | 9.5 km | 0.3 |
| Crosby | – | 0.3 |
| Maghull | 6.1 km | 0.3 |
| Formby | 8.2 km | 0.2 |
| Lydiate | 6.8 km | 0.2 |
| Wallasey | 8.3 km | 0.2 |
| Litherland | 2.4 km | 0.1 |
| Birkenhead | 11.8 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |