Harrogate

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:28

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

358 reported · August 2026▲ 41% YoY

• Shoplifting100
• Violence & sexual offences98
• Anti-social behaviour74
• Criminal damage & arson23

Neighbourhood team: Harrogate Town Centre · North Yorkshire

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

1,159 reported road collisions (2025)

331 killed or seriously injured · 1,530 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

474 food businesses within 2 miles

• 391 rated 4–5 ★ (333 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harrogate (0.2 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£270,080 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Yorkshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£849 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £594
• 2 bed £769
• 3 bed £941

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

9,306 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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (0.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.7p · Asda (0.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Odeon Car Park 1 (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms5
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches34
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

615,491 residents in North Yorkshire

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK33,901
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,388
• Net moves+7,513

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 189 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,544 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 306,270)

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

380 schools · 85,418 pupils

290 primary · 41 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 154 of 177 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Yorkshire

634 CQC-registered services

• Care homes205
• GP practices80
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Yorkshire

• In a conservation area (Harrogate)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 141 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

1,247 applications decided

90.3% granted · 1,126 granted, 121 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tom Gordon

Liberal Democrat

Harrogate and Knaresborough

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 41
• LD 13
• Grn 5
• Ref 5
• Oth 16

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

• Schools17
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens60
• Restaurants & cafés109

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

37,395 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

742 jobs advertised · £37,877 avg

e.g. Gas Engineer, AFC Harrogate Cleaners Required, Senior Accountant / Client Manager

Source: Adzuna

£731 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,703 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,421 certificates

14.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Nuclear 32% · Wind 25%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.4 women · 64.5 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

9 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in HG1

• Moss Healthcare Harrogate
• Strayside Health
• The Spa Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harrogate and Knaresborough:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND237 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation221 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks198 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth158 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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