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Cragg Vale

Cragg Vale is a village in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 650. There are 15 bus stops in the area. The nearest railway station is Mytholmroyd, 2.9 km away. In June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, 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 Cragg Vale area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Calderdale area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 206,631 residents at roughly 568 people per km².

Council
Calderdale
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Calder Valley
Police force
West Yorkshire
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 181st of 294 English council areas — better than 38% of them.

Low crime11
Home affordability90
Affordable rents90
Good schools80
Life expectancy21
Low deprivation24
Employment26
Low council tax55

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

6°CClear

  • Today: 10° / 5° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:33

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Piccadilly, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 60% YoY

  • Other theft1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Calderdale Valleys · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Upper Valley Ward Areas : Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge, Todmorden, Mytholmroyd and Ryburn. 1. Anti-Social Behaviour (Youth & Vehicle rel…
  • Lower Valley Ward Areas : Brighouse, Hipperholme and Lightcliffe, Northowram, Greetland and Stainland, Elland and Rastrick. 1 Anti-Social…

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

Road safety

357 reported road collisions (2025)

99 killed or seriously injured · 463 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

26 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 21 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Mytholmroyd (2.9 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Mytholmroyd (3.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£197,651 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Calderdale · to 2026-08

Detached£380,393
Semi-detached£236,606
Terraced£172,551
Flat£124,145

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£756 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £548
  • 2 bed £684
  • 3 bed £817

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

Affordability

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

3,014 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · ESSO (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (7.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Higher Clough Foot Barn (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

206,631 residents in Calderdale · 568/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,304
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,940
  • Net moves+364

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 71 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 97,420)

A £1,613
B £1,882
C £2,151
D £2,420
E £2,958
F £3,496
G £4,034
H £4,840

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

Schools

114 schools · 36,139 pupils

81 primary · 11 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 51 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Trinity Academy HalifaxOutstanding
  • The Crossley Heath SchoolGood
  • The North Halifax Grammar SchoolGood
  • Todmorden High School, A SHARE AcademyGood
  • Trinity Academy GrammarGood
  • Brighouse High School
  • Lightcliffe Academy
  • Park Lane Academy
  • Rastrick High School
  • Ryburn Valley High School
  • The Brooksbank School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Calderdale

Care & health services

177 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes46
  • GP practices25
  • Dentists38
  • Homecare agencies49
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Calderdale

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

206 applications decided

80.6% granted · 166 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 8
  • LD 2
  • Grn 7
  • Ref 34
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,155 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£717 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,151 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

34% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 110,473 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 60.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in HX7

  • Hebden Bridge Group Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Calder Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cragg Vale · 1.0 km

    Cragg Vale is a village in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, located south of Mytholmroyd on the B6138 road which joins the A58 and the A646. The village is part of Luddendenfoot Ward of Calderdale Council.

  • Upper Calder Valley · 1.6 km

    The Upper Calder Valley lies in West Yorkshire, in northern England, and covers the towns of Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, and Sowerby Bridge, as well as a number of smaller settlements such as…

  • Calderdale · 2.7 km

    Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 211,439. It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borou…

  • Stoodley Pike · 2.8 km

    Stoodley Pike is a 1,300-foot (400 m) hill in the south Pennines in West Yorkshire in northern England. It is noted for the 121-foot (37 m) Stoodley Pike Monument at its summit, which dominates the skyline above the m…

  • Scout Rock · 2.8 km

    Scout Rock, is a rock face, once a quarry, cut into a hill called Hathershelf Scout and is on the south side of the Upper Calder Valley in the village of Mytholmroyd near Hebden Bridge, England. At its height, the cli…

  • Mytholmroyd railway station · 2.9 km

    Mytholmroyd railway station serves the communities of Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, Midgley, Cragg Vale, and surrounding areas in West Yorkshire, England. It has disabled access via ramps instead of steps on both platfo…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Cragg Vale?
Cragg Vale is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Calderdale local authority.
What is the population of Cragg Vale?
Cragg Vale has an approximate settlement population of 650.
How deprived is Cragg Vale?
The Calderdale local authority, which includes Cragg Vale, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.