Swarcliffe
Leeds · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,418 · 4 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #6,202 of 6,856 in England
- #573 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
- #89 of 107 in Leeds
- Most deprived 10% in England
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Caring & leisure 15% · Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 13%
All occupation groups
| Caring & leisure | 15% |
| Elementary | 14% |
| Skilled trades | 13% |
| Sales & customer service | 11% |
| Professional | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Associate professional | 10% |
| Process & plant | 9% |
| Managers & directors | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 50% · Christian 42% · Muslim 1%
Born outside the UK: 7%
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
Swarcliffe is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,202 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #89 of 107 in Leeds. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (93) but weak on Crime (1). Typical homes here, about £185,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 55 sales), 25% below the wider Leeds median of £246,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,145 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 151 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 | £185,000 | 55 | +6.5% | +40.7% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=4) | |||
| Semi-detached | £194,000 | 30 | +7.0% | +41.3% |
| Terraced | £177,650 | 20 | +7.0% | +42.1% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=1) | |||
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 ?
- #5,090 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 #5,910 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 549 |
| Theft | 235 |
| Burglary | 42 |
| Vehicle crime | 33 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 106 |
| Public order & weapons | 84 |
| Drugs | 21 |
| Robbery | 18 |
| Other | 30 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 81 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 Leeds
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- PrescotKnowsley10£195,000
- Woodgate ValleyBirmingham10£195,000
- Weston TownNorth Somerset10£195,000
- Kirkby CentralAshfield10£148,750
- PadihamBurnley10£104,000
- Tottenham Green EastHaringey10£424,000