Kirkhamgate

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:25

9h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US 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

18 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Other crime4
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Leeds South · 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)

275 food businesses within 2 miles

• 238 rated 4–5 ★ (191 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Outwood (3.3 km)
• 9 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 (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (5.4 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

84 charging locations within ~8 km

• 47 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Carr Gate Garden Centre (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 3 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

Mark Sewards

Labour

Leeds South West and Morley

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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

250 jobs advertised · £43,650 avg

e.g. Pipe Lining Operatives, Financial Controller, Commercial Account Handler

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 39% · Gas 8% · Imports 6%

81 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

10 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WF2

• Lupset Health Centre
• Chapelthorpe
• Homestead

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Leeds South West and Morley:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases355 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth238 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND233 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK166 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills126 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Jaw Hill · 0.3 km

  Jaw Hill is a hill in the City of Leeds district of West Yorkshire, England. It is near Kirkhamgate in the City of Wakefield district.

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  Kirkhamgate · 0.9 km

  Kirkhamgate is a village in the Wakefield district, in West Yorkshire, England. It originated as a hamlet in the Alverthorpe township in the parish of Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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  Carr Gate · 1.8 km

  Carr Gate is a village in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village stands to the north-west of Wakefield, and south-east of East Ardsley.

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  Silcoates School · 1.9 km

  Silcoates School is a co-educational independent school in the village of Wrenthorpe near Wakefield, England.

• Flushdyke railway station · 2.1 km

  Flushdyke was a Great Northern Railway station on Wakefield Road in Flushdyke, West Yorkshire. The station originally opened on the north side of Wakefield Road on 7 April 1862, was renamed Flushdyke when the later Os…

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  Beggarington Hill · 2.1 km

  Beggarington Hill is a hamlet in the City of Leeds near its border with Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. Historically, it was part of the West Ardsley civil parish. It is located immediately southwest of West Ards…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)