Swillington

21°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:29

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

25 reported · July 2026▲ 47% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Leeds East · 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)

119 food businesses within 2 miles

• 98 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Woodlesford (2.0 km)
• 27 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 (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Asda (9.5 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 34 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Miller & Carter Garforth (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds4

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
• 20 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

Richard Burgon

Labour

Leeds East

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

35,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

16 jobs advertised · £41,590 avg

e.g. Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time, Bike Delivery Rider, Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Swillington – Flexible Schedule

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 64% · Gas 13% · Solar 10% · Imports 9%

129 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 East:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s400 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office353 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership334 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 243 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance239 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Swillington · 0.0 km

  Swillington is a village and civil parish near Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. It is situated 5 miles (8 km) east from Leeds city centre, north of the River Aire, and is surr…

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  St Mary's Church, Swillington · 0.2 km

  St Mary's Church is located on Church Lane next to Swillington Primary School, on Wakefield Road, Swillington, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Woodlesford railway station · 2.0 km

  Woodlesford railway station serves the suburban village of Woodlesford and the town of Rothwell in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hallam Line and the Pontefract Line, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Leeds.

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  St Aidan's · 2.2 km

  St Aidan's is a 355-hectare (880-acre) nature park located between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. The land was formerly an opencast coal mining area that was flooded in 1988, after the riverbank coll…

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  Great Preston · 2.3 km

  Great Preston is a small rural village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. It has incorporated the once neighbouring hamlet of Little Preston.

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  Kippax railway station · 2.3 km

  Kippax railway station was a railway station on the Castleford–Garforth line in West Yorkshire, England. The station opened in 1878 and closed to passengers in 1951, although the line remained open for a further 18 ye…

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