Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 12,462 residents, it is a town in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Schools are its strong suit (A+): primary results beat 96% of towns in England; secondary results beat 94% of towns in England. Households here earn well: the mean household earns £61,687 a year. Prices are high against local incomes: a typical home costs £300,000 and rent runs £1,145 a month. Crime runs high (C): police record 30 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 13 home and vehicle crimes. Against UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, it has more crime per resident than 46%. The overall grade lands at A−, better than 78% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #13 of 91 in West Yorkshire.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
The 3 things Guiseley does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Guiseley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Guiseley’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1909.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Guiseley. Best known first.
Historic houseFarnley Hall4.6 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumThe Peace Museum4.6 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumBracken Hall Countryside Centre4.8 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumOtley Museum2.4 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumThe Ron Kitching Library2.4 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumSecond World War Experience Centre2.6 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guiseley.
Tranmere Park Primary School’s results beat 98% of schools in England like it. Below are three of its 6 schools, each with why it was picked. GCSE results at the town’s 2 secondary schools: 66% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 54.7.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guiseley Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 376 | B+ |
| Guiseley SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,431 | A− |
| Tranmere Park Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 343 | A+ |
The nearest A&E to Guiseley is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 5.7 miles away. At the census, 85% of people in Guiseley called their health good or very good, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%). 15% of residents in Guiseley live with a disability. Men in Guiseley can expect to live to 82.4, women to 84.9 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Guiseley | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.7% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Private renters make up just over one in ten households, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). The median sale, £300,000, comes from 508 standard sales inside Guiseley’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. It is the 9th most expensive of 91 towns of 2,500+ in West Yorkshire.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £580,000 | 99 |
| Semi-detached | £325,000 | 182 |
| Terraced | £253,000 | 163 |
| Flat or maisonette | £171,625 | 64 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 41% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 13% of its commuters stay in Guiseley for work. The car took 78% of commuters, above West Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. The census counted 41% of workers working mainly from home.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
22% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both West Yorkshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.3% of the town. Guiseley has a median age of 44.2.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Guiseley | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 43% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 885 recorded crimes inside Guiseley’s built-up area, and 123 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 38% of recorded crime. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 9.2 reports per 1,000, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (6.8) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
The top grade, Grade I, goes to 1 of them. Homes from before 1919 make up 15% of the total, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (16%). Guiseley counts 25 listed buildings on the national list (Historic England): 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*. Its listed buildings include the Church of St Oswald, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
25 listed buildings in Guiseley, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Oswald: Photo: Stanley Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rectory Hall: Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
Among the strongest in England: GCSE results beat 94% of towns in England, and primary results beat 96% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Guiseley is a built-up area of 12,462 people, in the Leeds council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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