Deans is a small community within the town of Livingston in West Lothian, Scotland.

The most famous event to happen in Deans was the Livingston UFO Incident on 9 November 1979, when Robert Taylor, employed by the Livingston Development Corporation, is said to have encountered a UFO on Dechmont Law, The incident was investigated by Lothian and Borders Police.

The northern boundary of Deans is marked by the M8 motorway which connects Glasgow to Edinburgh.

Deans also has an industrial estate that houses a number of businesses including Amaryllis Group, BFP Wholesale, Bobby's Food, Christian Salvesen, CSI Products,[3] Dexion Store,[4] Bott Workplace,[5] LIDL UK, First Edinburgh Ltd, Tesco Distribution Ltd, Scottish Motor Auction Group, West Lothian Food & Health Development, Scholastic Book Fairs Ltd, Space Solutions Ltd, and West Lothian Council.

[10] In order to build, manage and promote Livingston a quango of the United Kingdom Government was formed, the Livingston Development Corporation which oversaw construction of the area from 1962 to 22 March 1997 when its responsibilities were transferred to West Lothian Council.

Deans has been part of the Livingston UK Parliament constituency since 1983 and since 2015 has been represented by the Scottish National Party MP Hannah Bardell.

[12] Deans has its own library called Carmondean Connected, which is run by West Lothian Council.

[15] Deans is covered by the Livingston North Policing Neighbourhood [16] and the F (West Lothian) division.

Buses provide links to other areas of Livingston, nearby towns such as Bathgate, Blackburn, East Calder and to Edinburgh Deans is served by Livingston North railway station on the North Clyde Line providing a service to Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street every 15 minutes Monday-Saturday daytime, and every 30 minutes on evenings and Sunday.