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A town in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, home to 14,273 people.
Strong in places, weak in others. Safety is its weak spot (C−) — police record 38.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 18 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 72%. Overall, Yeadon earns a B−, better than 46% of UK towns. The ranking puts it #52 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Fewer journeys need a car (A−): a fifth of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Buying the median home, at £238,947, takes 4.7 years of household income in the Leeds council area. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 2 things Yeadon 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 Yeadon is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 16 buildings inside Yeadon’s built-up area.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Yeadon, Pennsylvania, is named after Yeadon.
Yeadon, Pennsylvania, settled in 1891, takes its name from this town.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Yeadon.
Yeadon logged 1,326 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 143 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violence and sexual offences made up 38% of the total.
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.
Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 4 primary schools: 62% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Attainment 8 at the 6 secondary schools within 3 km averages 50.6, and 56% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Some 676 pupils attend Yeadon’s four primaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rufford Park Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 325 | B+ |
| Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 207 | A |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 77% of commuters, higher than both West Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%). Just over two in five commuters travelled under 5 km to work. About 19% of its commuters stay in Yeadon for work. The town counts 1.2 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Children under 15 make up 16%, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65. The median resident of Yeadon is 44.1 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Yeadon | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Yeadon has 16 listed buildings on Historic England’s list, all Grade II. It has 11 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (25) and England’s towns (39). Homes from before 1919 make up 18% of the total.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Households that own their home make up 68%. The median sale, £238,947, comes from 616 standard sales inside Yeadon’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £1,145 a month across the Leeds council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £377,500 | 48 |
| Semi-detached | £254,250 | 252 |
| Terraced | £220,000 | 226 |
| Flat or maisonette | £138,500 | 90 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The nearest A&E to Yeadon is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 6 miles away. 3 GP practices serve the town; 78% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 5% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Yeadon | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Yeadon. Best known first.
Abbey or prioryKirkstall Abbey (Ruins)4.9 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseFarnley Hall4.6 km outside town, to the north
MuseumAbbey House Museum4.8 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumHorsforth Museum2.3 km outside town, to the southeast
GardenYork Gate Garden4.4 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumOtley Museum2.9 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
16 listed buildings in Yeadon.
Yeadon Town Hall: Photo: Mick Melvin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1, 2 and 3, Warm Lane: Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Trinity Church: Photo: Chemical Engineer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Trinity Church Sunday School: Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0
6 notable people were born in Yeadon.
Moses Ayrton: Unknown photographer, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeadon | 14,273 | — | B− | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Rawdon | 6,738 | 1.1 | B+ | D | C+ | A |
| Guiseley | 12,462 | 1.4 | A− | C− | C | A |
| Menston | 5,905 | 2.6 | A | D | B | A+ |
| Calverley | 3,988 | 2.7 | B+ | C− | C+ | A− |
| Otley | 14,549 | 3.1 | B+ | C− | C+ | B+ |
| Bramhope | 3,593 | 3.2 | A− | D− | B | A+ |
| Pool-in-Wharfedale | 1,991 | 3.6 | — | D | A | A+ |
Pool-in-Wharfedale has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Yeadon is a built-up area of 14,273 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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