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Harewood

Harewood is a village in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 2,800. There are 2 bus stops, around 1 GPs & clinics and 3 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Weeton, 5.3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 2 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 Harewood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Leeds area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 811,953 residents at roughly 1,472 people per km².

Council
Leeds
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Elmet and Rothwell
Police force
West Yorkshire
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 211th of 294 English council areas — better than 28% of them.

Low crime5
Home affordability75
Affordable rents49
Good schools65
Life expectancy33
Low deprivation29
Employment20
Low council tax84

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

14°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 14° · 35% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:29

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Leeds North East · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Moortown Ward Area Road safety - The team will be focusing on antisocial vehicle use including speeding, drink/drug driving, careless dri…
  • Roundhay Ward Area Tackling antisocial behaviour in the Oakwood area We focus on areas of ASB and vehicle nuisance on West Avenue and Rou…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 15 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Weeton (5.3 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Weeton (5.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£249,394 average 5.9% YoY

Across Leeds · to 2026-06

Detached£458,659
Semi-detached£272,670
Terraced£206,957
Flat£153,650

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 160.7p · Asda (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (10.9 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Leeds Golf Centre (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,284 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,522
B £1,776
C £2,030
D £2,284
E £2,791
F £3,299
G £3,806
H £4,567

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Boston Spa AcademyOutstanding
  • Cockburn SchoolOutstanding
  • Oulton AcademyOutstanding
  • The Farnley AcademyOutstanding
  • Trinity Academy LeedsOutstanding
  • Allerton Grange SchoolGood
  • Bishop Young Church of England AcademyGood
  • Co-op Academy LeedsGood
  • Co-op Academy PriesthorpeGood
  • Cockburn John Charles AcademyGood
  • Cockburn Laurence Calvert AcademyGood
  • Dixons Unity AcademyGood
  • Guiseley SchoolGood
  • John Smeaton AcademyGood
  • University Technical College LeedsGood
  • Benton Park SchoolRequires improvement
  • Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
  • Allerton High School
  • Brigshaw High School
  • Bruntcliffe Academy
  • Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
  • Crawshaw Academy
  • Garforth Academy
  • Horsforth School
  • Lawnswood School
  • Leeds City Academy
  • Leeds East Academy
  • Leeds Jewish Free School
  • Leeds West Academy
  • Mount St Mary's Catholic High School
  • Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College
  • Pudsey Grammar School
  • Ralph Thoresby School
  • Rodillian Academy
  • St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
  • Temple Moor High School
  • The Morley Academy
  • The Ruth Gorse Academy
  • Wetherby High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Leeds

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (HAREWOOD)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 72 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

837 applications decided

81.4% granted · 681 granted, 156 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

Conservative

Wetherby and Easingwold

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

35,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Harewood – Flexible Schedule, Become a History Tutor in Harewood – Flexible & Remote, Become a Maths Tutor in Harewood – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 63% · Wind 17% · Gas 9% · Imports 9%

112 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wetherby and Easingwold:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Harewood, West Yorkshire · 0.1 km

    Harewood is a village, civil parish, former manor and ecclesiastical parish, in West Yorkshire, England, today in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 3,734.

  • Harewood Castle · 0.6 km

    Harewood Castle is a 14th-century stone hall house and courtyard fortress, located on the Harewood Estate, Harewood, in West Yorkshire, England. Harewood Castle is a grade I listed building.

  • All Saints' Church, Harewood · 0.9 km

    All Saints' Church is a 15th-century redundant church in the park of Harewood House, the seat of the Lascelles Earls of Harewood, near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England.

  • Harewood House · 1.2 km

    Harewood House is a country house in Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, it was built between 1759 and 1771, for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, a wealthy West Ind…

  • Harewood speed Hillclimb · 1.4 km

    Harewood speed Hillclimb is a hillclimb near the village of Harewood, West Yorkshire, England. The track can be found on the A659 between Harewood village and Collingham, north of Leeds. In addition to national events…

  • Harewood Bridge · 1.5 km

    Harewood Bridge is a historic bridge across the River Wharfe, connecting North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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