# Gomersal and Birkenshaw Town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber. Gomersal and Birkenshaw is a town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £224,725 in 2025. Recorded crime 76.8 per 1,000 people. Town. Code E63000857. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) Gomersal and Birkenshaw is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Gomersal and Birkenshaw 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: £224,725** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Gomersal and Birkenshaw was £224,725 in 2025. 346th 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/gomersal-and-birkenshaw#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,948** (2021). Gomersal and Birkenshaw had 13,948 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 455th 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/gomersal-and-birkenshaw#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Gomersal and Birkenshaw 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/gomersal-and-birkenshaw#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.3%** (January 2026). In Gomersal and Birkenshaw, 98.3% 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/gomersal-and-birkenshaw#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000857) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Gomersal and Birkenshaw 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=E63000857) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 218 homes were sold in Gomersal and Birkenshaw in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000857) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Gomersal and Birkenshaw. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000857) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Gomersal and Birkenshaw had 13,948 usual residents at the census. ## How Gomersal and Birkenshaw compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Gomersal and Birkenshaw | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £224,725 | 42nd most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 | | Population | 13,948 | 49th least 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 | 98.3% | 31st highest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 | ## Is Gomersal and Birkenshaw safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gomersal and Birkenshaw at a rate of 76.8 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, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gomersal and Birkenshaw. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (365), anti-social behaviour (236) and other crime (180). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Gomersal and Birkenshaw was 80.3 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 Gomersal and Birkenshaw, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Gomersal and Birkenshaw has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Gomersal and Birkenshaw | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Kirklees 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011051) | 1,684 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% | | [Kirklees 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011055) | 1,282 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% | | [Kirklees 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011056) | 1,680 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% | | [Kirklees 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011057) | 1,644 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% | | [Kirklees 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011058) | 1,262 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% | | [Kirklees 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011241) | 1,605 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% | | [Kirklees 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011242) | 1,617 | 182.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% | | [Kirklees 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011243) | 1,628 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% | | [Kirklees 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011244) | 2,012 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% | ## Your MP - [Spen Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/spen-valley): Kim Leadbeater (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 [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) ## Postcode districts covering Gomersal and Birkenshaw [BD4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd4), [BD11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd11), [BD19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd19) ## Middle areas in Gomersal and Birkenshaw [Birkenshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/birkenshaw), [Gomersal](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/gomersal) ## Towns near Gomersal and Birkenshaw [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford), [Batley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/batley), [Heckmondwike](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heckmondwike), [Cleckheaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleckheaton), [Liversedge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/liversedge), [Dewsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury) ## Gomersal and Birkenshaw in brief Gomersal and Birkenshaw is a town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber. About 14,116 people lived in Gomersal and Birkenshaw in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £224,725 in 2025 across 218 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Gomersal and Birkenshaw was £224,725 in 2025. Gomersal and Birkenshaw had 13,948 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Gomersal and Birkenshaw live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Gomersal and Birkenshaw, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000857 - Constituency: [Spen Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/spen-valley) - 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: 4.07 km² - People, mid-2024: 14,116* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 44 * 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 [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford), [Batley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/batley), [Heckmondwike](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heckmondwike), [Cleckheaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleckheaton), [Liversedge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/liversedge), [Dewsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury) ## Latest updates for Gomersal and Birkenshaw - 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/E63000857 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/gomersal-and-birkenshaw, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/gomersal-and-birkenshaw#f-house-sales-median-price. 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