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Emley

Emley is a village in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 1,497. It has 14 bus stops, with Cuckoos Nest railway station 2.1 km away. In June 2026, there were around 9 recorded street crimes, 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 Emley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Kirklees area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 433,216 residents at roughly 1,060 people per km².

Council
Kirklees
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Dewsbury
Police force
West Yorkshire
38/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 240th of 294 English council areas — better than 18% of them.

Low crime25
Home affordability78
Affordable rents83
Good schools23
Life expectancy26
Low deprivation29
Employment19
Low council tax50

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

5°CMist

  • Today: 9° / 4° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:32

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

4 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1
  • Vehicle crime1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Rural · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

98 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 82 rated 4–5 ★ (62 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cuckoos Nest (2.1 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Denby Dale (5.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£208,427 average▲ 5.1% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-08

Detached£352,682
Semi-detached£221,599
Terraced£168,142
Flat£118,345

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (7.1 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: The Three Acres Inn & Restaurant (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,627
B £1,899
C £2,170
D £2,441
E £2,984
F £3,526
G £4,068
H £4,882

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Holmfirth High SchoolOutstanding
  • Moor End AcademyOutstanding
  • All Saints Catholic CollegeGood
  • Castle Hall AcademyGood
  • Colne Valley High SchoolGood
  • Heckmondwike Grammar SchoolGood
  • King James's SchoolGood
  • Manor Croft AcademyGood
  • Newsome AcademyGood
  • Royds Hall, A Share AcademyGood
  • Spen Valley High SchoolGood
  • The Mirfield Free GrammarGood
  • Thornhill Community Academy, A Share AcademyGood
  • Netherhall Learning Campus High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Batley Girls' High School
  • BBG Academy
  • Honley High School
  • North Huddersfield Trust School
  • Salendine Nook High School
  • Shelley College, A Share Academy
  • St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
  • Upper Batley High School
  • Westborough High School
  • Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

428 applications decided

88.8% granted · 380 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Jade Botterill

Labour

Ossett and Denby Dale

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Biomass 42% · Imports 6% · Gas 5%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in HD8

  • Dearne Valley Health Centre
  • Shepley Primary Care Limited
  • Kirkburton Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ossett and Denby Dale:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Emley A.F.C. · 0.2 km

    Emley Association Football Club is a football club based in Emley, West Yorkshire, England. Known as AFC Emley from 2005 to 2019, they are currently members of Northern Premier League Premier Division and play at the…

  • Emley · 0.3 km

    Emley is a village in the parish of Denby Dale, in Huddersfield in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. The village lies roughly in the middle of a triangle between Huddersfield, Wakefield and Barnsley. I…

  • Ossett and Denby Dale · 1.4 km

    Ossett and Denby Dale is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. It…

  • Flockton · 1.8 km

    Flockton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is halfway between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2020, the population of Flockton and Flockton Green was estimated to…

  • Flockton Collieries · 2.0 km

    The Flockton Collieries were small, shallow coal pits that exploited the coal seams north of the village of Flockton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The coal seams, the Flockton Thick, which was up to 48 inc…

  • Cuckoo's Nest railway station · 2.1 km

    Cuckoos Nest railway station is a station/halt on the minimum gauge Whistlestop Valley in West Yorkshire, Northern England. It also serves the village of Scissett. The station was opened on 19 October 1991 with an ina…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Emley?
Emley is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Kirklees local authority.
What is the population of Emley?
Emley has an approximate settlement population of 1,497.
How deprived is Emley?
The Kirklees local authority, which includes Emley, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.