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Calverley

Calverley is a village in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 1 park, and 12 restaurants and cafés, along with 24 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Apperley Bridge, 1.9 km away. There were around 104 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Calverley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Leeds area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 811,953 residents at roughly 1,472 people per km².

Council
Leeds
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Pudsey
Police force
West Yorkshire
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 211th of 294 English council areas — better than 28% of them.

Low crime5
Home affordability75
Affordable rents49
Good schools65
Life expectancy33
Low deprivation29
Employment20
Low council tax84

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

19°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 22° / 14° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:27

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

1,463 reported road collisions (2024)

424 killed or seriously injured · 1,898 casualties · 18 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

487 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 408 rated 4–5 ★ (331 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Apperley Bridge (1.9 km)
  • 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Apperley Bridge (1.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£249,394 average 5.9% YoY

Across Leeds · to 2026-06

Detached£458,659
Semi-detached£272,670
Terraced£206,957
Flat£153,650

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,140 average monthly rent 3.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £779
  • 2 bed £970
  • 3 bed £1,133

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

Affordability

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (4.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Asda (10.8 km)

47 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

91 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 47 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Anglia House (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches19
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

811,953 residents in Leeds · 1,472/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 65%
  • 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 92 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,284 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (38% of 376,780)

A £1,522
B £1,776
C £2,030
D £2,284
E £2,791
F £3,299
G £3,806
H £4,567

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

Schools

306 schools · 134,615 pupils

220 primary · 41 secondary · 45 other

Ofsted: 119 of 130 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

277inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Boston Spa AcademyOutstanding
  • Cockburn SchoolOutstanding
  • Oulton AcademyOutstanding
  • The Farnley AcademyOutstanding
  • Trinity Academy LeedsOutstanding
  • Allerton Grange SchoolGood
  • Bishop Young Church of England AcademyGood
  • Co-op Academy LeedsGood
  • Co-op Academy PriesthorpeGood
  • Cockburn John Charles AcademyGood
  • Cockburn Laurence Calvert AcademyGood
  • Dixons Unity AcademyGood
  • Guiseley SchoolGood
  • John Smeaton AcademyGood
  • University Technical College LeedsGood
  • Benton Park SchoolRequires improvement
  • Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
  • Allerton High School
  • Brigshaw High School
  • Bruntcliffe Academy
  • Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
  • Crawshaw Academy
  • Garforth Academy
  • Horsforth School
  • Lawnswood School
  • Leeds City Academy
  • Leeds East Academy
  • Leeds Jewish Free School
  • Leeds West Academy
  • Mount St Mary's Catholic High School
  • Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College
  • Pudsey Grammar School
  • Ralph Thoresby School
  • Rodillian Academy
  • St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
  • Temple Moor High School
  • The Morley Academy
  • The Ruth Gorse Academy
  • Wetherby High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Leeds

Care & health services

786 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes159
  • GP practices138
  • Dentists175
  • Homecare agencies240
  • Hospitals & hospices22

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leeds

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

837 applications decided

81.4% granted · 681 granted, 156 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rachel Reeves

Labour

Leeds West and Pudsey

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 47
  • Con 14
  • LD 6
  • Grn 11
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

35,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

23 jobs advertised · £58,752 avg

e.g. Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Calverley – Flexible Schedule, Registered Nurse (Bank), Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£723 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,588 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 426,344 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 29% · Gas 15% · Imports 7%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 79.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 60.4 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leeds West and Pudsey:

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

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Calverley?
Calverley is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Leeds local authority.
How deprived is Calverley?
The Leeds local authority, which includes Calverley, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.