Garforth

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 13° / 8° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:26

9h 15m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

48 reported · August 2026▼ 42% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft3

2 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Leeds East · West Yorkshire

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

1,395 reported road collisions (2025)

426 killed or seriously injured · 1,730 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

174 food businesses within 2 miles

• 142 rated 4–5 ★ (118 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Garforth (0.6 km)
• 69 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£246,385 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Leeds · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,145 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £782
• 2 bed £975
• 3 bed £1,138

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

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

9,359 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: 152.9p · Esso (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (10.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Barley Hill Road Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches37
• Playgrounds16

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK50,565
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK55,816
• Net moves−5,251

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 124 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

308 schools · 134,615 pupils

221 primary · 41 secondary · 46 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Leeds

790 CQC-registered services

• Care homes160
• GP practices140
• Dentists175
• Homecare agencies243
• Hospitals & hospices22

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Leeds

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

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

801 applications decided

79.8% granted · 639 granted, 162 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Richard Burgon

Labour

Leeds East

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 46
• Con 14
• LD 6
• Grn 10
• Ref 10
• Oth 12

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés29

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

27 jobs advertised · £28,987 avg

e.g. Non-Medical Flexible Workforce Manager, Early Years Educator (Level 2 and Level 3), Management - Service Manager

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 43% · Wind 33% · Gas 12% · Imports 6%

100 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

6 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in LS25

• Sherburn Group Practice
• South Milford Surgery
• Gibson Lane Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leeds East:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 247 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth237 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND217 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK133 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases131 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  St Mary's Church, Garforth · 0.2 km

  The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin in Garforth, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.

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  Garforth · 0.4 km

  Garforth is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire.

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  Garforth railway station · 0.6 km

  Garforth is one of two railway stations serving the town of Garforth, in West Yorkshire, England; the other is East Garforth, 0.5 miles (800 m) to the east. Garforth is on the Selby Line, 7.1 miles (11.5 km) east of L…

• SLP College · 0.6 km

  SLP College is an independent, co-educational performing arts college based in Garforth near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

• Masters Performing Arts College · 0.6 km

  Performers College is an independent, co-educational college specialising in performing arts. It is based across four sites in Birmingham, Brighton, Essex and Manchester.

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  East Garforth railway station · 0.7 km

  East Garforth is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Garforth, in West Yorkshire, England; the other, Garforth, is located around 0.5 miles (800 m) away. The station lies on the Selby Line and is operat…

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