King Cross

Calderdale · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,656 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

4Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,593 of 6,856 in England
  • #632 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #25 of 27 in Calderdale
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,547
Median age (est.)30
Density10,041per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above22%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 16%25–44 31%45–64 19%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 34%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 8%Private rent 34%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 15%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 15%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Process & plant 15% · Elementary 15% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Process & plant15%
Elementary15%
Sales & customer service13%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional10%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 26%Asian: 68%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 3%
White 26%Asian 68%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 66% · Christian 15% · No religion 12%

Born outside the UK: 31%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

King Cross is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,593 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #25 of 27 in Calderdale. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Living environment (0). Typical homes here sold for about £86,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 39 sales), 55% below the wider Calderdale median of £193,250. Typical household take-home income is around £33,689 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 93 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 3 · #6,634
Employment 6 · #6,435
Education 4 · #6,572
Health 16 · #5,756
Crime 13 · #5,989
Housing & access 80 · #1,383
Living environment 0 · #6,846

House prices ?

£86,000median (12m) · -7.3% yr · n=39
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£86,00039-7.3%+24.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£84,00038-3.4%+29.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£86,000
Calderdale£193,250
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,689±£4,983 · #5,440 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£21,879
Price-to-income ?2.6×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

93 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 620 offences
Calderdale106
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #4,668 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences342
Theft45
Burglary22
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson49
Public order & weapons59
Drugs37
Robbery7
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 50 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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