# Liversedge

Town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Liversedge is a town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £211,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 83.6 per 1,000 people. About 17,670 people.

Town. Code E63000932. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)

Liversedge is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Liversedge 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: £211,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Liversedge was £211,000 in 2025. 285th 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/liversedge#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 17,519** (2021). Liversedge had 17,519 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 602nd 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/liversedge#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Liversedge 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/liversedge#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.0%** (January 2026). In Liversedge, 97.0% 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/liversedge#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000932) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Liversedge 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=E63000932) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 230 homes were sold in Liversedge in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000932) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Liversedge.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000932) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Liversedge had 17,519 usual residents at the census.

## How Liversedge compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Liversedge | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £211,000 | 54th most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 17,519 | 40th 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 | 97.0% | 47th highest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Liversedge safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Liversedge at a rate of 83.6 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, 119 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Liversedge.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (650), other crime (240) and anti-social behaviour (173).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Liversedge was 91.6 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 Liversedge, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Liversedge has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Liversedge

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kirklees 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011247) | 1,573 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| [Kirklees 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011249) | 1,809 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Kirklees 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011251) | 1,691 | 143.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.8% |
| [Kirklees 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011246) | 1,536 | 104.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| [Kirklees 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011248) | 1,412 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.5% |
| [Kirklees 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011250) | 1,780 | 205.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| [Kirklees 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011156) | 1,509 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| [Kirklees 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011158) | 1,953 | 195.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| [Kirklees 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011159) | 1,719 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| [Kirklees 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011160) | 1,320 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.8% |
| [Kirklees 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/neighbourhood/e01011162) | 1,477 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |

## 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 Liversedge

[WF15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf15)

## Middle areas in Liversedge

[Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/heckmondwike-town-norristhorpe-and-roberttown), [Hightown & Hartshead Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/hightown-and-hartshead-moor), [Liversedge, Littletown & Millbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees/liversedge-littletown-and-millbridge)

## Towns near Liversedge

[Cleckheaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleckheaton), [Heckmondwike](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heckmondwike), [Mirfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mirfield), [Gomersal and Birkenshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gomersal-and-birkenshaw), [Dewsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury), [Batley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/batley)

## Liversedge in brief

Liversedge is a town in Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 17,670 people lived in Liversedge in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £211,000 in 2025 across 230 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Liversedge was £211,000 in 2025.
Liversedge had 17,519 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Liversedge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Liversedge, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000932
- 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: 4.37 km²
- People, mid-2024: 17,670*
- Neighbourhoods: 11
- Output areas: 56

* 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

[Heckmondwike](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heckmondwike), [Cleckheaton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleckheaton), [Mirfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mirfield), [Gomersal and Birkenshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gomersal-and-birkenshaw), [Dewsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dewsbury), [Batley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/batley)

## Latest updates for Liversedge

- 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/E63000932

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/liversedge