Bradford

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• Today: 19° / 13° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:30

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

147 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences71
• Criminal damage & arson19
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Public order12

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shipley · West Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

1,030 reported road collisions (2024)

294 killed or seriously injured · 1,332 casualties · 18.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 414 rated 4–5 ★ (332 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Saltaire (2.6 km)
• 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£185,028 average▲ 6% YoY

Across Bradford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£749 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £553
• 2 bed £679
• 3 bed £813

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (4.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (7.3 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

71 charging locations within ~8 km

• 33 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Herbert Street, Cottingley 1 (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches30
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

546,410 residents in Bradford · 1,491/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 21 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

34% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,361 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 223,950)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

231 schools · 99,744 pupils

157 primary · 32 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 85 of 95 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

209inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bradford

438 CQC-registered services

• Care homes107
• GP practices76
• Dentists106
• Homecare agencies109
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bradford

• Within the Green Belt
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

531 applications decided

86.6% granted · 460 granted, 71 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 18
• LD 4
• Grn 9
• Ref 28
• Oth 14

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,287 jobs advertised · £40,230 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Technician, Registered Manager - Children's Homes, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

6.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,641 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

33% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 284,695 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 57.4 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bradford West:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 528 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s334 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials223 local signatures · 9,621 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership162 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office117 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Cottingley Town Hall · 0.6 km

  Cottingley Town Hall is a municipal building in Main Street in Cottingley, West Yorkshire, England. The building, which was used as a church and a community centre, is a Grade II listed building.

• Belle Vue Girls' Academy · 0.6 km

  Belle Vue Girls' Academy is a girls' secondary school and sixth form located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Beckfoot Upper Heaton · 0.8 km

  Beckfoot Upper Heaton is a co-educational secondary school in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the Hallmark Cards factory, not far from Bingley Road (B6269).

• Dixons Cottingley Academy · 0.8 km

  Dixons Cottingley Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Cottingley, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Cottingley, Bradford · 0.9 km

  Cottingley is a suburban village within the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England between Shipley and Bingley. It is known for the Cottingley Fairies, which appeared in a series of photographs taken the…

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  Chellow Dene · 1.6 km

  Chellow Dene, is a woodland and parkland in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Chellow exists in the Domesday Book and was its own settlement before becoming part of Heaton, then Bradford, with it now being in the Cit…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)