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Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire)

Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire) is a village in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It has 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, and around 1 restaurant or café, with 11 bus stops and Arram railway station 7.3 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Riding of Yorkshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 342,217 residents at roughly 142 people per km².

Council
East Riding of Yorkshire
County
East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency
Beverley and Holderness
Police force
Humberside
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 29th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime82
Home affordability77
Affordable rents91
Good schools51
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation68
Employment82
Low council tax42

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

14°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 13° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:27

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Other theft1
  • Public order1

1 stop & searches · mostly detailed object of search unavailable

Neighbourhood team: Beverley Rural · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Speed enforcement in rural villages
  • Humber Talking

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

Road safety

600 reported road collisions (2024)

168 killed or seriously injured · 813 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

29 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 26 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

3 active warnings & alerts

  • Flood warning: North Sea coast at Hornsea
  • Flood alert: North Sea coast at Skipsea, Hornsea and Mappleton
  • Flood alert: North Sea coast at Withernsea, Easington and Kilnsea

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Arram (7.3 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Arram (7.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£220,721 average 3.7% YoY

Across East Riding of Yorkshire · to 2026-06

Detached£337,224
Semi-detached£213,514
Terraced£169,691
Flat£102,186

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£724 average monthly rent 4.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £502
  • 2 bed £650
  • 3 bed £799

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.9p · BP (11.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · BP (11.8 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

342,217 residents in East Riding of Yorkshire · 142/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 217 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,466 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 166,380)

A £1,644
B £1,918
C £2,192
D £2,466
E £3,014
F £3,562
G £4,110
H £4,932

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

Schools

159 schools · 45,725 pupils

124 primary · 17 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 64 of 72 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

150inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Beverley Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Beverley High SchoolOutstanding
  • Bridlington SchoolGood
  • Driffield School and Sixth FormGood
  • Goole AcademyGood
  • Headlands SchoolGood
  • Longcroft School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • South Hunsley School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • The Market Weighton SchoolGood
  • Cottingham High School
  • Holderness Academy
  • Hornsea School and Language College
  • Howden School
  • The Snaith School
  • Withernsea High School
  • Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
  • Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Riding of Yorkshire

Care & health services

352 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes151
  • GP practices40
  • Dentists66
  • Homecare agencies61
  • Hospitals & hospices12

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Riding of Yorkshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

414 applications decided

88.2% granted · 365 granted, 49 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Graham Stuart

Conservative

Beverley and Holderness

Recent votes:

  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 4
  • Con 23
  • LD 21
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 15

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

15,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Nanny - Nanny wanted in Beverley

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£756 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,783 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 168,124 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Biomass 40% · Imports 5% · Gas 2%

57 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.5 women · 59.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Beverley and Holderness:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire · 0.2 km

    Leven is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Hornsea town centre, and north-west of the A165 road.

  • Little Catwick · 2.1 km

    Little Catwick is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Beverley town centre. It lies 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east of the A165 Leven by-pass.

  • Catwick · 2.4 km

    Catwick is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7.5 miles (12 km) north-east of Beverley town centre and 5 miles (8 km) west of Hornsea town centre. It lies…

  • Brandesburton · 2.5 km

    Brandesburton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Hornsea and 9 miles (14 km) north-east of the market town of Beverley.

  • St Mary's Church, Brandesburton · 2.8 km

    St Mary's Church is the parish church of Brandesburton, a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England.

  • Routh, East Riding of Yorkshire · 2.9 km

    Routh is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Beverley, lying on the A1035 road.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire)?
Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire) is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the East Riding of Yorkshire local authority.
How deprived is Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire)?
The East Riding of Yorkshire local authority, which includes Leven (East Riding of Yorkshire), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.