Liversedge

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 15° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:27

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

179 reported · July 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences72
• Anti-social behaviour22
• Criminal damage & arson14
• Vehicle crime13

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Batley and Spen · West Yorkshire

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

605 reported road collisions (2024)

175 killed or seriously injured · 780 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

455 food businesses within 2 miles

• 403 rated 4–5 ★ (332 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mirfield (3.8 km)
• 59 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£205,773 average▲ 5.4% YoY

Across Kirklees · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£780 average monthly rent▲ 12.6% YoY

• 1 bed £582
• 2 bed £710
• 3 bed £864

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (5.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (4.4 km)

45 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 38 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

433,216 residents in Kirklees · 1,060/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 87 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 193,280)

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

203 schools · 66,199 pupils

144 primary · 24 secondary · 35 other

Ofsted: 72 of 88 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

182inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kirklees

395 CQC-registered services

• Care homes127
• GP practices80
• Dentists81
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kirklees

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

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

476 applications decided

89.1% granted · 424 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Kim Leadbeater

Labour

Spen Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 9
• LD 6
• Grn 12
• Ref 26
• Oth 16

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

29 jobs advertised · £43,475 avg

e.g. CNC Machinist, Become a FCE First Certificate in English Tutor in Liversedge – Flexible & Remote, Online History Tutoring Job in Liversedge – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£700 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,911 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,699 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 47% · Gas 21% · Wind 19% · Imports 9%

140 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58 women · 57.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Spen Valley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office414 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s292 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership276 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test244 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth220 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Liversedge · 0.3 km

  Liversedge is an industrial town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Liversedge lies between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The Kirklees ward is now…

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  Spen Valley High School · 0.3 km

  Spen Valley High School is a high school situated in Liversedge, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Liversedge railway station · 0.6 km

  Liversedge railway station served the town of Liversedge, in the historical county of West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1848 to 1965 on the Spen Valley Line. It is one of two disused stations in Liversedge, the…

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  Spen Valley (constituency) · 0.7 km

  Spen Valley is a parliamentary constituency in the valley of the River Spen in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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  Liversedge Town Hall · 0.7 km

  Liversedge Town Hall is a former municipal building and town hall on Knowler Hill in the town of Liversedge, West Yorkshire, England. The building, which formerly operated as the offices of Liversedge Urban District C…

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  Norristhorpe · 0.8 km

  Norristhorpe is a village in the township of Liversedge in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, and is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)