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Hall Green

Hall Green is a town in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 45,000. It has 1 park and green, around 2 restaurants and cafés, 19 bus stops, and Pugneys Central railway station 2.8 km away. There were around 102 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 Hall Green area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wakefield area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 353,364 residents at roughly 1,044 people per km².

Council
Wakefield
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Wakefield
Police force
West Yorkshire
40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 230th of 294 English council areas — better than 22% of them.

Low crime7
Home affordability88
Affordable rents86
Good schools31
Life expectancy18
Low deprivation20
Employment34
Low council tax82

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

16°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 18° / 12° · 51% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:31

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

100 reported · July 2026 37% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences47
  • Anti-social behaviour17
  • Public order12
  • Criminal damage & arson7

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour Anti-social behaviour including youths abusing members of the public and the illegal use of motor bikes in the loca…
  • Vehicle Crime We have seen an increase in Theft of Motor Vehicles particularly high value vehicles, from local beauty spots including New…

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

Road safety

589 reported road collisions (2024)

187 killed or seriously injured · 754 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

110 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 96 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pugneys Central (2.4 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sandal & Agbrigg (4.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£198,519 average 4.8% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-06

Detached£314,856
Semi-detached£199,891
Terraced£158,494
Flat£100,133

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£800 average monthly rent 5.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £572
  • 2 bed £721
  • 3 bed £863

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

Affordability

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Asda Wakefield (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

353,364 residents in Wakefield · 1,044/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 64 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,297 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (48% of 165,130)

A £1,531
B £1,786
C £2,042
D £2,297
E £2,807
F £3,318
G £3,828
H £4,594

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

Schools

158 schools · 56,852 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 51 of 61 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

141inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • De Lacy AcademyOutstanding
  • Trinity Academy CathedralOutstanding
  • Crofton AcademyGood
  • Horbury AcademyGood
  • Ossett Academy and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • Outwood Academy City FieldsGood
  • Outwood Grange AcademyGood
  • St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The King's SchoolGood
  • Airedale AcademyRequires improvement
  • Carleton High School
  • Castleford Academy
  • Kettlethorpe High School
  • Minsthorpe Community College
  • Outwood Academy Freeston
  • Outwood Academy Hemsworth
  • St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
  • The Featherstone Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

Care & health services

304 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes97
  • GP practices42
  • Dentists60
  • Homecare agencies85
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wakefield

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

257 applications decided

90.3% granted · 232 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jade Botterill

Labour

Ossett and Denby Dale

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 1
  • Con 1
  • LD 2
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 55
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

85 jobs advertised · £33,003 avg

e.g. HGV Class 2 PM, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Hall Green – Flexible Schedule, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Hall Green – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£689 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,460 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 · 204,474 certificates

13.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

97% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Biomass 37% · Nuclear 3% · Solar 3%

52 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.8 women · 54 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Painthorpe · 0.8 km

    Painthorpe is a residential area in the Wakefield district, in the English county of West Yorkshire. It is situated southwest of Crigglestone.

  • Crigglestone · 1.2 km

    Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded as "Crigeston" in the Domesday Book. The civil parish had a population of 9,271 at the 2011 Census. On 29…

  • Kettlethorpe, West Yorkshire · 1.5 km

    Kettlethorpe, originally a separate village, is a suburb that lies 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Wakefield city centre, in West Yorkshire, England. The suburb has a secondary education school, Kettlethorpe High School, wh…

  • Newmillerdam · 1.6 km

    Newmillerdam is a village and suburb of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. The name refers to the lake and country park adjacent to the village, though the dam itself is often labelled as Newmiller Dam. The park i…

  • Crigglestone West railway station · 1.7 km

    Crigglestone West railway station served the village of Crigglestone, West Yorkshire, England from 1850 to 1965 on the Hallam Line.

  • Durkar · 1.9 km

    Durkar is a small village in the southwestern suburbs of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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