# Dewsbury

Town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Dewsbury is a town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £180,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 124.0 per 1,000 people. About 65,878 people.

Town. Code E63000970. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

Dewsbury is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Dewsbury add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £180,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dewsbury was £180,000 in 2025. Joint 139th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 63,730** (2021). Dewsbury had 63,730 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 168th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Dewsbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.9%** (January 2026). In Dewsbury, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000970) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Dewsbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000970) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 579 homes were sold in Dewsbury in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000970) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Dewsbury.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000970) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Dewsbury had 63,730 usual residents at the census.

## How Dewsbury compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Dewsbury | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £180,000 | joint 33rd cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 63,730 | 15th most populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.9% | joint 52nd lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Dewsbury safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dewsbury at a rate of 124.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 664 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dewsbury.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,499), other crime (1,643) and anti-social behaviour (794).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Dewsbury was 132.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in Dewsbury, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Dewsbury has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 12 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 13 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Dewsbury

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kirklees 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011037) | 2,319 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [Kirklees 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011022) | 1,423 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| [Kirklees 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011126) | 1,887 | 169.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.1% |
| [Kirklees 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011127) | 1,352 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.8% |
| [Kirklees 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011025) | 1,585 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Kirklees 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011136) | 1,659 | 165.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011137) | 1,510 | 149.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Kirklees 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011128) | 2,015 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| [Kirklees 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011130) | 2,200 | 592.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 70.5% |
| [Kirklees 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01034584) | 1,673 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| [Kirklees 017G](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01034585) | 1,373 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| [Kirklees 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011121) | 1,791 | 188.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Kirklees 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011122) | 1,375 | 185.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011123) | 1,650 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.2% |
| [Kirklees 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011124) | 1,949 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| [Kirklees 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011125) | 2,111 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.5% |
| [Kirklees 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011129) | 1,275 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| [Kirklees 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011138) | 1,917 | 142.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Kirklees 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011139) | 1,580 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| [Kirklees 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011140) | 1,740 | 134.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| [Kirklees 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011141) | 1,801 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.7% |
| [Kirklees 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011133) | 1,692 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| [Kirklees 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011134) | 2,127 | 139.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Kirklees 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011143) | 1,850 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| [Kirklees 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011144) | 1,712 | 170.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| [Kirklees 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011260) | 1,470 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| [Kirklees 024A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011257) | 2,038 | 108.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| [Kirklees 024B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011258) | 1,979 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| [Kirklees 024C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011259) | 2,094 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| [Kirklees 024D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011261) | 1,479 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 024E](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011262) | 1,757 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Kirklees 024F](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011263) | 1,789 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| [Kirklees 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011252) | 1,137 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.5% |
| [Kirklees 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011253) | 1,243 | 111.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Kirklees 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011254) | 1,523 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.6% |
| [Kirklees 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011255) | 1,451 | 168.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Kirklees 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011256) | 1,301 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |

## Your MP

- [Dewsbury and Batley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dewsbury-and-batley): Iqbal Mohamed (Independent), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

## Postcode districts covering Dewsbury

[WF12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf12), [WF13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf13)

## Middle areas in Dewsbury

[Dewsbury Central & Westborough](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/dewsbury-central-and-westborough), [Dewsbury Moor Lower & Westtown](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/dewsbury-moor-lower-and-westtown), [Dewsbury Moor Upper](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/dewsbury-moor-upper), [Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/dewsbury-savile-town-and-thornhill-lees), [Earlsheaton & Chickenley](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/earlsheaton-and-chickenley), [Ravensthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/ravensthorpe), [Shaw Cross & Hanging Heaton](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/shaw-cross-and-hanging-heaton), [Thornhill](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/thornhill)

## Towns near Dewsbury

[East Ardsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/east-ardsley), [Batley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/batley), [Heckmondwike](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heckmondwike), [Ossett](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ossett), [Mirfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mirfield), [Horbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/horbury)

## Dewsbury in brief

Dewsbury is a town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 65,878 people lived in Dewsbury in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 579 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 124.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Dewsbury was £180,000 in 2025.
Dewsbury had 63,730 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Dewsbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dewsbury, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000970
- Constituency: [Dewsbury and Batley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dewsbury-and-batley)
- Council: [Kirklees †](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 15.57 km²
- People, mid-2024: 65,878*
- Neighbourhoods: 37
- Output areas: 179

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Batley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/batley), [Heckmondwike](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heckmondwike), [Mirfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mirfield), [Ossett](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ossett), [East Ardsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/east-ardsley), [Horbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/horbury)

## Latest updates for Dewsbury

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000970

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury#f-house-sales-median-price.

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