# Garforth Town in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber. Garforth is a town in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £280,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 57.9 per 1,000 people. About 15,526 people. Town. Code E63000801. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) Garforth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Garforth 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: £280,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Garforth was £280,000 in 2025. Joint 477th most expensive 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/garforth#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 15,148** (2021). Garforth had 15,148 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 520th least 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/garforth#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Garforth 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/garforth#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.3%** (January 2026). In Garforth, 95.3% 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/garforth#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000801) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Garforth 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=E63000801) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 265 homes were sold in Garforth in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000801) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Garforth. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000801) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Garforth had 15,148 usual residents at the census. ## How Garforth compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Garforth | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £280,000 | joint 12th most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 | | Population | 15,148 | 53rd 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 | 95.3% | joint 42nd lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 | ## Is Garforth safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Garforth at a rate of 57.9 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, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Garforth. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (330), other crime (163) and anti-social behaviour (135). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Garforth was 53.2 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 Garforth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Garforth has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Garforth | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Leeds 074A](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011396) | 1,888 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.3% | | [Leeds 074B](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011399) | 1,502 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% | | [Leeds 074C](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011400) | 1,394 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.2% | | [Leeds 074D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011403) | 1,515 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% | | [Leeds 077A](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011397) | 1,501 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% | | [Leeds 077B](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011398) | 1,141 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.2% | | [Leeds 077C](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011401) | 1,773 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% | | [Leeds 077D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011404) | 1,377 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% | | [Leeds 077E](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011405) | 1,474 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% | | [Leeds 087D](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/neighbourhood/e01011402) | 2,053 | 135.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.5% | ## Your MP - [Leeds East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leeds-east): Richard Burgon (Labour), 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 [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) ## Postcode districts covering Garforth [LS25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ls25) ## Middle areas in Garforth [Garforth East](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/garforth-east), [Garforth West](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds/garforth-west) ## Towns near Garforth [Kippax](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kippax), [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leeds), [Rothwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rothwell-leeds), [Castleford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/castleford), [Sherburn in Elmet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sherburn-in-elmet), [Normanton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/normanton) ## Garforth in brief Garforth is a town in Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber. About 15,526 people lived in Garforth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 265 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Garforth was £280,000 in 2025. Garforth had 15,148 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Garforth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Garforth, 95.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000801 - Constituency: [Leeds East †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/leeds-east) - Council: [Leeds †](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) - Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.94 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,526* - Neighbourhoods: 10 - Output areas: 51 * 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 [Kippax](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kippax), [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leeds), [Rothwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rothwell-leeds), [Castleford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/castleford), [Sherburn in Elmet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sherburn-in-elmet), [Normanton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/normanton) ## Latest updates for Garforth - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000801 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/garforth, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/garforth#f-house-sales-median-price. 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