Carlton (Leeds)

20°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:29

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

93 reported · July 2026▼ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences35
• Criminal damage & arson14
• Public order11
• Anti-social behaviour10

Neighbourhood team: Leeds South · West Yorkshire

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

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)

221 food businesses within 2 miles

• 186 rated 4–5 ★ (157 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Outwood (3.0 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£249,394 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Leeds · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (4.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11 km)

43 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

108 charging locations within ~8 km

• 43 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Aldi-Rothwell (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,284 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Leeds

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

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

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

837 applications decided

81.4% granted · 681 granted, 156 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Simon Lightwood

Labour (Co-op)

Wakefield and Rothwell

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens21
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £38,205 avg

e.g. Transport Planner, Casual General Assistant, Retail Sales Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 64% · Gas 12% · Solar 10% · Imports 10%

126 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wakefield and Rothwell:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office413 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance339 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership330 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s324 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth273 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Carlton, Rothwell · 0.0 km

  Carlton is a village in the south of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles (13 km) from Leeds city centre.

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  Rothwell Town Hall · 1.1 km

  Rothwell Town Hall, also known as Rothwell District Council Offices, is a historic building on Marsh Street in Rothwell, a town in West Yorkshire, England. The building, which previously accommodated the offices and m…

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  Rothwell, West Yorkshire · 1.2 km

  Rothwell is a town in the south-east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, situated between Leeds city centre and Wakefield. It is located in the eponymous Rothwell ward of Leeds City C…

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  Rhubarb Triangle · 1.3 km

  The Rhubarb Triangle is a 9-square-mile (23 km2) area of West Yorkshire, England famous for producing early forced rhubarb. It is delineated by Wakefield, Morley, and Rothwell, and it includes the villages of Carlton,…

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  Robin Hood, West Yorkshire · 1.3 km

  Robin Hood is a village in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is close to the City of Wakefield boundary and is situated between Leeds and Wakefield as well as being close to Rothwell and Lofthouse.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell · 1.3 km

  The Holy Trinity Church in Rothwell, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)