Neighbourhood · Kingston upon Hull · Yorkshire and The Humber
Longhill
Kingston upon Hull 010 · 5 sub-areas · 8,449 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (63/100)Watch-out: Young professionals (46/100)Liveability 61/100 · Above median
Longhill is a mid-density neighbourhood of Kingston upon Hull in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services.
Liveability
61/100
Above median
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Longhill?
A snapshot of Longhill
4 parks and 1 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Transport links are limited — a car or e-bike is a practical assumption for most regular trips; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £684 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Longhill in Kingston upon Hull
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Longhill?
- The median monthly rent across Longhill is £684.
- How safe is Longhill?
- Longhill has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Longhill?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 73 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Longhill?
- There are 14 schools within 2 km of Longhill, of which 39% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1486 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Longhill?
- The most common council tax band in Longhill is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,561. Council tax is set by Kingston upon Hull council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Longhill to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Longhill to central London is approximately 225 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Longhill?
- 100% of premises in Longhill are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Longhill?
- Longhill sits in IMD decile 1 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Longhill?
- 42% of households in Longhill are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Longhill?
- The average property price across Kingston upon Hull (the local authority covering Longhill) is approximately £133,118, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Longhill a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.47 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £27,309.)
- Which local areas are part of Longhill?
- Longhill contains 5 local areas: Kingston upon Hull 010C, Kingston upon Hull 010E, Kingston upon Hull 010A, Kingston upon Hull 010D, Kingston upon Hull 010B.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Longhill
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Longhill?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Longhill is £684. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Longhill a safe place to live?
- Longhill has a safety score of 36/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Longhill?
- 39% of schools within 2 km of Longhill are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Longhill?
- Public-transport commute time from Longhill to central London is approximately 225 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Longhill different from the rest of Kingston upon Hull?
- Longhill contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Longhill rank in Kingston upon Hull?
- Longhill scores 61/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Kingston upon Hull, see the Cities table on the Kingston upon Hull page.
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