Thorpe on the Hill (Leeds)

19°CSunny

• 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

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

79 reported · July 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences36
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Other theft7

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)

241 food businesses within 2 miles

• 207 rated 4–5 ★ (178 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Outwood (2.2 km)
• 28 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 (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.5 km)

47 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

107 charging locations within ~8 km

• 42 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Asda (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds12

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
• 8 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)

• Schools7
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés10

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 26% · Gas 16% · Imports 7%

115 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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  Thorpe on the Hill, West Yorkshire · 0.1 km

  Thorpe on the Hill is a village in the Leeds district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of the Leeds Metropolitan Council. It was mentioned as "Torp" i…

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  Ardsley railway station · 0.6 km

  Ardsley railway station was situated on the Great Northern Railway between Tingley and Lofthouse and Outwood on the main line and west of Stanley on the LNER & LMS Methley Joint Railway. It was built to serve the vill…

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  Lingwell Gate coin moulds · 0.7 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.

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  East Ardsley · 1.1 km

  East Ardsley is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. East Ardsley forms part of the Heavy Woollen District and sits within the Rhubarb Triangle.

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  CCE Wakefield · 1.6 km

  CCE Wakefield is a large soft drinks factory in West Yorkshire owned by Coca-Cola Enterprises UK; it is the largest soft-drinks factory in Europe.

• Lawns, West Yorkshire · 1.7 km

  Lawns is a district of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)