Linthwaite and Slaithwaite
TownTown in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Linthwaite and Slaithwaite 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Linthwaite and Slaithwaite compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Linthwaite and Slaithwaite safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite at a rate of 71.7 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, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (308), other crime (122) and anti-social behaviour (60).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite was 70.0 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 Linthwaite and Slaithwaite, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Linthwaite and Slaithwaite has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 045A | 1,594 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Kirklees 049A | 1,940 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Kirklees 049B | 1,604 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.5% |
| Kirklees 049C | 1,554 | 128.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.7% |
| Kirklees 049D | 1,868 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.3% |
| Kirklees 052A | 1,673 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.1% |
Your MP
- Paul DaviesLabourMP for Colne Valley
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Linthwaite and Slaithwaite1
Middle areas in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite1
Towns near Linthwaite and Slaithwaite6
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite in brief
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite is a town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 9,531 people lived in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £239,500 in 2025 across 174 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite was £239,500 in 2025.
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite had 9,242 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Linthwaite and Slaithwaite live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Linthwaite and Slaithwaite, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.