Batley

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:28

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 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

516 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences178
• Anti-social behaviour73
• Shoplifting48
• Criminal damage & arson42

46 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Batley and Spen · West Yorkshire

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

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 392 rated 4–5 ★ (297 top)
• 37 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Batley (1.1 km)
• 50 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,427 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9.6 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

56 charging locations within ~8 km

• 36 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Upper Road Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches29
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

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

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

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

428 applications decided

88.8% granted · 380 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Iqbal Mohamed

Independent

Dewsbury and Batley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools23
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés43

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

202 jobs advertised · £34,217 avg

e.g. Driver, Delivery Driver - Leeds, SEN / SEND Tutor, West Yorkshire

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 36% · Gas 12% · Imports 4%

98 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

12 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in WF17

• Batley Health Centre Surgery
• Wellington House
• Grove House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dewsbury and Batley:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 499 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases121 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials101 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth93 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK93 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Batley Carr · 0.1 km

  Batley Carr is a district which includes parts of Dewsbury and Batley in West Yorkshire, England.

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  Staincliffe and Batley Carr railway station · 0.4 km

  Staincliffe and Batley Carr railway station served the hamlet of Staincliffe and the district of Batley Carr in West Yorkshire, England from 1878 to 1952 on the Huddersfield Line.

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  Mount Pleasant (cricket ground) · 0.5 km

  Mount Pleasant is a cricket ground in Batley, West Yorkshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1869, when Batley played Burnley. The ground hosted a single first-class match in 1883 when the T. Emmett's X…

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  Mount Pleasant, Batley · 0.5 km

  Mount Pleasant Stadium, officially known for sponsorship purposes as Fox's Biscuits Stadium, is a rugby league stadium in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of the Batley Bulldogs and amateur club Batley…

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  Batley Carr railway station · 0.5 km

  Batley Carr was a Great Northern Railway station serving Batley Carr, Yorkshire. It had two side platforms, with the facilities on the northbound platform. It was accessed via Wood Lane, which was built with a kink to…

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  Batley Variety Club · 0.6 km

  Batley Variety Club was a variety club in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. During its existence, the club staged concerts by performers including Louis Armstrong, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Eartha Kitt, M…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)