Ossett

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 24° / 15° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · 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

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

162 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences68
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Criminal damage & arson16
• Other theft13

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · 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)

323 food businesses within 2 miles

• 273 rated 4–5 ★ (216 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dewsbury (3.8 km)
• 79 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 (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (3.6 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

59 charging locations within ~8 km

• 39 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Ossett Ventnor Way Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds14

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
• 14 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

Jade Botterill

Labour

Ossett and Denby Dale

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens32
• Restaurants & cafés45

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,450 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

80 jobs advertised · £32,998 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Become a Art History Tutor in Ossett – Flexible & Remote, Credit Controller

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 29% · Gas 15% · Imports 7%

114 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 Ossett and Denby Dale:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office422 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership315 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership236 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance222 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Ossett · 0.0 km

  Ossett is a market and residential town in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury and Wakefield. A…

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  Ossett Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Ossett Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Ossett, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Ossett Borough Council until 1974, is a grade II listed building.

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  Ossett Town A.F.C. · 0.3 km

  Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire.

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  Ossett United F.C. · 0.3 km

  Ossett United Football Club is a football club based in Ossett, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One East.

• Ossett railway station · 0.4 km

  Ossett was a railway station serving the town of Ossett, West Yorkshire. The station on the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway and it opened on 2 April 1864 and closed on 5 September 1964. It had an island platfo…

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  Ossett Albion A.F.C. · 0.6 km

  Ossett Albion Association Football Club was an English football club. They played at Queen's Terrace in Ossett, in West Yorkshire, more commonly known as Dimplewells, the area of Ossett the ground is situated in.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)