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Kirklees

Kirklees is a town or village in West Yorkshire, England. It has around 19 restaurants and cafés, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 1 GP surgery, 78 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Huddersfield, 2.5 km away. There were around 250 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 34 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Kirklees is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 433,216 residents at roughly 1,060 people per km².

38/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 240th of 294 English council areas — better than 18% of them.

Low crime25
Home affordability78
Affordable rents83
Good schools23
Life expectancy26
Low deprivation29
Employment19
Low council tax50

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:28

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

57US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

238 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences89
  • Anti-social behaviour44
  • Shoplifting21
  • Criminal damage & arson18

12 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Huddersfield · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour/Drug related issues Reports suggest that there is frequent drug dealing and using in the Hillhouse area within the…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

632 reported road collisions (2025)

189 killed or seriously injured · 805 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 423 rated 4–5 ★ (311 top)
  • 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Huddersfield (2.5 km)
  • 78 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Huddersfield (2.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£208,427 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-08

Detached£352,682
Semi-detached£221,599
Terraced£168,142
Flat£118,345

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£782 average monthly rent▲ 12.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £584
  • 2 bed £712
  • 3 bed £866

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

5,300 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (1.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (1.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

35 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Asda Aspley (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches51
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

433,216 residents in Kirklees · 1,060/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK17,249
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,043
  • Net moves−1,794

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 85 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 193,280)

A £1,627
B £1,899
C £2,170
D £2,441
E £2,984
F £3,526
G £4,068
H £4,882

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

201 schools · 65,248 pupils

142 primary · 24 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 72 of 88 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

179 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Holmfirth High SchoolOutstanding
  • Moor End AcademyOutstanding
  • All Saints Catholic CollegeGood
  • Castle Hall AcademyGood
  • Colne Valley High SchoolGood
  • Heckmondwike Grammar SchoolGood
  • King James's SchoolGood
  • Manor Croft AcademyGood
  • Newsome AcademyGood
  • Royds Hall, A Share AcademyGood
  • Spen Valley High SchoolGood
  • The Mirfield Free GrammarGood
  • Thornhill Community Academy, A Share AcademyGood
  • Netherhall Learning Campus High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Batley Girls' High School
  • BBG Academy
  • Honley High School
  • North Huddersfield Trust School
  • Salendine Nook High School
  • Shelley College, A Share Academy
  • St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
  • Upper Batley High School
  • Westborough High School
  • Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

Care & health services

394 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes127
  • GP practices80
  • Dentists81
  • Homecare agencies83
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kirklees

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 158 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

428 applications decided

88.8% granted · 380 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Harpreet Uppal

Labour

Huddersfield

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK (minority)

  • Con 9
  • LD 6
  • Grn 12
  • Ref 26
  • Oth 16

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens21
  • Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£700 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,911 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,699 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

80% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Wind 38% · Gas 16% · Imports 4%

109 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 57.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in HD5

  • Dalton Surgery
  • The Almondbury Surgery
  • The Waterloo Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huddersfield:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Hill View Academy · 0.4 km

    Hill View Academy is a 3–11 mixed primary school with academy status in Almondbury, West Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Impact Education Multi Academy Trust.

  • Tolson Museum · 0.6 km

    The Tolson Memorial Museum, also known as Tolson Museum, is housed in Ravensknowle Hall, a Victorian mansion in Ravensknowle Park on Wakefield Road in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The museum was given to the…

  • Almondbury · 0.7 km

    Almondbury is a village 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Huddersfield town centre in the Kirklees district, of West Yorkshire, England. The population of Almondbury in 2001 was 7,368 increasing to 18,346 at the 2011 cen…

  • Waterloo, Huddersfield · 1.1 km

    Waterloo is a suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) to the east of Huddersfield Town Centre. It is the part of Dalton named after the former Waterloo public house and consists mostly…

  • Moldgreen · 1.1 km

    Moldgreen is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in England, approximately one mile (1.5 km) east of the town centre between Dalton and Aspley.

  • Kirkwood Hospice · 1.2 km

    Kirkwood Hospice is a hospice situated in Dalton, Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, England. It provides Specialist palliative care for the terminally ill in Kirklees. It was built on the site of the former Mill Hill I…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)