Beeston West & Cottingley

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 8,331 · 5 LSOAs

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

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,058 of 6,856 in England
  • #546 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #84 of 107 in Leeds
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,188
Median age (est.)37
Density2,800per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above21%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 23%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 39%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Caring & leisure 13% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant12%
Professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 8%Black: 12%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 73%Asian 8%Black 12%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 36% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Beeston West & Cottingley is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,058 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #84 of 107 in Leeds. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (60) and lowest on Crime (8). Typical homes here, about £169,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 59 sales), 31% below the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,549 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 222 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.

Income 9 · #6,209
Employment 11 · #6,072
Education 13 · #5,989
Health 20 · #5,455
Crime 8 · #6,339
Housing & access 60 · #2,740
Living environment 28 · #4,899

House prices ?

£169,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£169,00059+5.6%+38.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£200,00025+8.1%+37.7%
Terraced£157,00029+7.9%+43.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£169,000
Leeds£246,000
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)£30,549±£4,341 · #6,292 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,015
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

222 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,848 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,226 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences765
Theft150
Burglary57
Vehicle crime70
Criminal damage & arson148
Public order & weapons365
Drugs218
Robbery17
Other58

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 126 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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