Lofthouse and Robin Hood

15°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 15° · 44% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:29

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

42 reported · July 2026▼ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences17
• Public order7
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson5

Neighbourhood team: Leeds South · West Yorkshire

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

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)

233 food businesses within 2 miles

• 201 rated 4–5 ★ (167 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Outwood (1.8 km)
• 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£249,394 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Leeds · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (5.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10 km)

41 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

83 charging locations within ~8 km

• 39 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: RAWOWNED THORPE LODGE (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds9

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)

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Leeds

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

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

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

837 applications decided

81.4% granted · 681 granted, 156 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mark Sewards

Labour

Leeds South West and Morley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

82% low-carbon electricity

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

112 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

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

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office401 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases352 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s318 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test282 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Rhubarb Triangle · 0.1 km

  The Rhubarb Triangle is a 9-square-mile (23 km2) area of West Yorkshire, England famous for producing early forced rhubarb. It is delineated by Wakefield, Morley, and Rothwell, and it includes the villages of Carlton,…

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  Robin Hood, West Yorkshire · 0.1 km

  Robin Hood is a village in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is close to the City of Wakefield boundary and is situated between Leeds and Wakefield as well as being close to Rothwell and Lofthouse.

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  The Rodillian Academy · 0.3 km

  The Rodillian Academy is a mixed secondary School and sixth form with academy status located in Lofthouse, West Yorkshire, England. The school has 1,556 pupils aged between 11 and 18. The school also has Specialist Ar…

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  Lofthouse, West Yorkshire · 0.3 km

  Lofthouse is a village between the cities of Wakefield and Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of the City of Leeds Council. It is in the City of Leeds metropolit…

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  Carlton, Rothwell · 1.3 km

  Carlton is a village in the south of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles (13 km) from Leeds city centre.

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  Lingwell Gate coin moulds · 1.6 km

  The Lingwell Gate coin moulds are a group of Roman, clay coin moulds used in the forgery of coinage found at Lingwell Gate between 1697 and 1879. As of April 2021, there were 288 confirmed moulds in UK museums.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)