Dewsbury Moor Upper
Kirklees · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,252 · 4 LSOAs
Part of Dewsbury Moor · Postcode WF13 · WF17
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #6,133 of 6,856 in England
- #558 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
- #51 of 59 in Kirklees
- Most deprived 10-20%
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 15% · Elementary 14% · Process & plant 13%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 15% |
| Elementary | 14% |
| Process & plant | 13% |
| Caring & leisure | 11% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Associate professional | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 10% |
| Administrative | 9% |
| Managers & directors | 8% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Muslim 42% · Christian 29% · No religion 22%
Born outside the UK: 18%
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
Dewsbury Moor Upper is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,133 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #51 of 59 in Kirklees. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (58) but weak on Crime (3). Typical homes here sold for about £160,438 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 52 sales), 24% below the wider Kirklees median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,989 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 136 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.
Themed scores ?
Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £160,438 | 52 | +8.8% | +23.4% |
| Detached | £316,250 | 10 | +31.8% | +66.4% |
| Semi-detached | £160,000 | 21 | -4.5% | +23.1% |
| Terraced | £141,000 | 21 | +12.8% | +41.0% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=0) | |||
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Household income
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 ?
- #4,837 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #5,732 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 461 |
| Theft | 70 |
| Burglary | 22 |
| Vehicle crime | 38 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 97 |
| Public order & weapons | 86 |
| Drugs | 38 |
| Robbery | 8 |
| Other | 27 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 117 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Kirklees
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- EccleshillBradford10£160,000
- Belle Isle SouthLeeds10£180,000
- Blacon NorthCheshire West and Chester10£182,500
- Linthorpe East & Albert ParkMiddlesbrough10£125,000
- Frenchwood & FishwickPreston10£120,000
- Gravesend TownGravesham10£206,250