Scarcroft, Shadwell & Scholes

Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 5,640 · 4 LSOAs

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

93Area Score / 100 ?
  • #478 of 6,856 in England
  • #38 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #11 of 107 in Leeds
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,632
Median age (est.)49
Density332per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above44%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 30%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 3%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 33% · Jewish 3%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Scarcroft, Shadwell & Scholes is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #478 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (98) but weak on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £398,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 73 sales), 62% above the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,378 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 98 · #128
Employment 95 · #368
Education 96 · #272
Health 82 · #1,218
Crime 72 · #1,883
Housing & access 30 · #4,790
Living environment 75 · #1,719

House prices ?

£398,000median (12m) · -10.6% yr · n=73
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£398,00073-10.6%+12.9%
Detached£645,00036+11.2%+39.6%
Semi-detached£286,25026-9.8%+16.8%
Terraced£305,0009+12.1%+10.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£398,000
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)£47,378±£6,809 · #1,571 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,107
Price-to-income ?8.4×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 190 offences
Leeds120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #703 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences97
Theft18
Burglary26
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons20
Drugs1
Robbery2
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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