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Horbury

Horbury is a town in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 10,225. It has around 1 pharmacy, 21 restaurants and cafés, 40 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Pugneys Lakeside, 2.6 km away. There were around 101 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 Horbury 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

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · 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

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

76 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences36
  • Criminal damage & arson12
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Public order5

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle Crime We have seen an increase in Theft of Motor Vehicles particularly high value vehicles, from local beauty spots including New…
  • Anti-social vehicle use and speeding We will increase patrols in identified areas of demand and run speeding operations at these location…

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

299 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 254 rated 4–5 ★ (196 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pugneys Lakeside (3.2 km)
  • 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wakefield Westgate (4.3 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: 151.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (5.7 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

42 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 400 kW
  • Nearest: Horbury High Street (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches23
  • Playgrounds8

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
  • 30 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

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés36

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

20 jobs advertised · £33,572 avg

e.g. Online GCSE Tutor - Part Time, Online Law Tutoring Job in Horbury – Flexible Schedule, MIG Welder

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 64% · Gas 14% · Imports 9% · Solar 8%

130 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

  • Horbury Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Horbury Town Hall is a former municipal building in Westfield Road, Horbury, West Yorkshire, England. The structure, which is now used as business centre, is a locally listed building.

  • Horbury · 0.3 km

    Horbury is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated north of the River Calder about three miles (5 km) south west of Wakefield and two mi…

  • St Peter and St Leonard's Church, Horbury · 0.4 km

    St Peter and St Leonard's Church, Horbury is in Horbury, West Yorkshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church and part of the Wakefield deanery in the archdeaconry of Pontefract, diocese of Wakefie…

  • Horbury and Ossett railway station · 0.6 km

    Horbury and Ossett railway station formerly served the town of Horbury in West Yorkshire, England. It was located on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, which ran along the Calder valley establishing a key link between…

  • Horbury Town F.C. · 0.8 km

    Horbury Town Football Club is a football club based in Horbury, West Yorkshire, England. They play at the Slazengers Sports Complex.

  • Horbury Academy · 0.9 km

    Horbury Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Horbury in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Horbury?
Horbury is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Wakefield local authority.
What is the population of Horbury?
Horbury has an approximate settlement population of 10,225.
How deprived is Horbury?
The Wakefield local authority, which includes Horbury, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.