Dunningley Hill
Neighbourhood · 512 residents
49Fair
Fair · better than 1 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 93% of homes can get full-fibre broadband
- Property market scores 70, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Road noise reaches 99% of the area
- Food & drink scores 26, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Dunningley Hill
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is Dunningley Hill a good place to live?
Dunningley Hill scores 49/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for infrastructure (70) and property market (70).
It scores lowest on food & drink (26) and health (39).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Dunningley Hill in Yorkshire and The Humber, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Dunningley Hill
Rows of semi-detached brick facing narrow streets, the odd terrace mixed in, and almost nothing standing empty for long — this is a settled, working corner of Leeds rather than a place people pass through. Population density well above the national average tells you the streets are close-packed, and at a median age of under 39 this skews younger than both the regional and national norm: a place with families and working-age adults rather than retirees.
The numbers on affordability and safety pull in different directions, and that tension is the thing to sit with. Dunningley Hill sits in the second-lowest decile nationally for both income and general deprivation, which usually spells hardship, yet the overall grade profile reads as a consistent B across schools, housing, connectivity and environment, with only safety dragging behind at the same B band despite crime running sharply higher than the Leeds average. It's not a place in decline — the safety trend is marked as improving — but violence and sexual offences make up roughly half of all recorded crime here, well ahead of public order and criminal damage in second and third place, and that's worth sitting with rather than skating past.
A For Sale board here is overwhelmingly likely to be on a freehold semi-detached house — that's the dominant pattern in recent sales, and terraces trade at a notable discount to the national terrace price, while semis undercut the national semi-detached median too. At a median sale price of £235,000 against a national average nearer £281,000, this is a place where the pound goes further than most of England, even if it's roughly in line with what you'd pay elsewhere in Leeds. Morley Newlands Academy serves the primary-age crowd locally, and while its Ofsted rating isn't recorded here, the area's schools grade overall lands at B+, a notch above the general B pattern — a rare bright spot worth noting given the income picture. Full-fibre coverage over 92% means working from home is a realistic option, which matters given the modest four transport stops recorded locally; this reads as a place better suited to those who don't need a rail-heavy commute.