Bradford

15°COvercast

• Today: 17° / 10° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:33

12h 59m 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

1299 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences468
• Public order152
• Shoplifting112
• Anti-social behaviour108

148 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bradford City · 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

• 370 rated 4–5 ★ (292 top)
• 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Bradford Forster Square (0.4 km)
• 158 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 (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (2.6 km)

42 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

80 charging locations within ~8 km

• 40 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bradford Crown Court (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches42
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

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

• In a conservation area (City Centre)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 333 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

Naz Shah

Labour

Bradford West

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

• Schools27
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens33
• Restaurants & cafés98

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 47% · Wind 43% · Imports 6% · Gas 2%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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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  Wool Exchange, Bradford · 0.0 km

  The Wool Exchange Building in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, is a grade I-listed building built as a wool-trading centre in the 19th century. The grandeur of its Gothic Revival architecture is symbolic of the weal…

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  City (ward) · 0.1 km

  City is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council.

• Swan Arcade, Bradford · 0.1 km

  The Swan Arcade was a four-storey building located between Market Street and Broadway, Bradford, England and stood opposite the Wool Exchange. The Bradford Beck ran beneath.

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  Midland Hotel, Bradford · 0.2 km

  The Midland Hotel is a 90-bedroom three-star Victorian hotel in Bradford city centre, owned and managed by Britannia Hotels.

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  Telegraph & Argus · 0.2 km

  The Telegraph & Argus is the daily newspaper for Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is published six times each week, from Monday to Saturday inclusive. The newspaper has offices in Newhall Way, Bradford, from wher…

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  The Broadway, Bradford · 0.2 km

  The Broadway is a shopping and leisure complex in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, which opened on 5 November 2015. It was built and was operated, in its first year, by the Westfield Corporation. It is…

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