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Denholme

Denholme is a village in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 2,715. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic and 1 restaurant or café, 16 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Oxenhope, 3.8 km away. There were around 32 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Denholme area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bradford area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 546,410 residents at roughly 1,491 people per km².

Council
Bradford
County
West Yorkshire
Constituency
Shipley
Police force
West Yorkshire
38/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 240th of 294 English council areas — better than 18% of them.

Low crime5
Home affordability92
Affordable rents90
Good schools56
Life expectancy20
Low deprivation7
Employment3
Low council tax68

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:33

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

Crime

44 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Public order5
  • Shoplifting5
  • Anti-social behaviour4

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Shipley · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Shipley and Saltaire Ward Areas To work together with Business Watch and local partners to tackle shop theft in Shipley. Address and deal…
  • Windhill and Wrose Ward Areas Nuisance Bikes around West Royd, Wrose Road and Bolton Woods Drug Dealing around Snowden Road, Wrose Theft…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

79 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 68 rated 4–5 ★ (53 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Oxenhope (4.0 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bingley (6.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£185,028 average 6% YoY

Across Bradford · to 2026-06

Detached£331,915
Semi-detached£206,255
Terraced£155,108
Flat£110,345

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (7.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (7.4 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

40 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Hewenden Mill Cottages Hewenden Mill (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,361 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,574
B £1,836
C £2,098
D £2,361
E £2,885
F £3,410
G £3,935
H £4,721

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, BradfordOutstanding
  • Feversham Girls' Secondary AcademyOutstanding
  • Beckfoot ThorntonGood
  • Bronte Girls' AcademyGood
  • Carlton KeighleyGood
  • Dixons Cottingley AcademyGood
  • Dixons McMillan AcademyGood
  • Laisterdyke Leadership AcademyGood
  • St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyGood
  • Titus Salt SchoolGood
  • Tong Leadership AcademyGood
  • Trinity Academy BradfordGood
  • Valley AcademyRequires improvement
  • Parkside SchoolInadequate
  • Beckfoot Oakbank
  • Beckfoot School
  • Beckfoot Upper Heaton
  • Belle Vue Girls' Academy
  • Bingley Grammar School
  • Bradford Forster Academy
  • Bradford Girls' Grammar School
  • Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
  • Carlton Bolling
  • Co-op Academy Grange
  • Dixons City Academy
  • Dixons Kings Academy
  • Dixons Trinity Academy
  • Hanson Academy
  • Ilkley Grammar School
  • Immanuel College
  • Oasis Academy Lister Park
  • The Holy Family Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bradford

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

531 applications decided

86.6% granted · 460 granted, 71 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Anna Dixon

Labour

Shipley

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens25
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

19,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £21,550 avg

e.g. Become a Computer science Tutor in Denholme – Flexible & Remote, Become a Maths Tutor in Denholme – Flexible & Remote, Trainee Driving Instructor - Denholme, West Yorkshire, England

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 66% · Biomass 23% · Nuclear 5% · Solar 4%

36 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Shipley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Denholme · 0.1 km

    Denholme is a town and civil parish in the Bradford Metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) west of Bradford, 7 miles (11 km) from Keighley and roughly the same distance from Halifax. Admi…

  • Denholme railway station · 0.5 km

    Denholme railway station was a station on the Keighley-Queensbury section of the Queensbury Lines which ran between Keighley, Bradford and Halifax via Queensbury.

  • Denholme Clough Fault · 0.9 km

    The Denholme Clough Fault is a small fault located in Denholme, Northern England. The fault is approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) long. The fault has produced no appreciable earthquake history, but it is still subjec…

  • Wilsden railway station · 1.6 km

    Wilsden railway station was a station on the Queensbury Lines which ran between Keighley, Bradford and Halifax.

  • Hewenden Reservoir · 1.6 km

    Hewenden Reservoir is a fresh-water reservoir near to Cullingworth in West Yorkshire, England. The Bradford Corporation built the reservoir, which was flooded in 1845, and is now part of the Yorkshire Water portfolio.

  • RAF Manywells Height · 1.7 km

    Royal Air Force Manywells Height was a grassed airstrip in use as Home Defence during the First World War. The site was just south of the village of Cullingworth which is south of Keighley and north west of Bradford i…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Denholme?
Denholme is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Bradford local authority.
What is the population of Denholme?
Denholme has an approximate settlement population of 2,715.
How deprived is Denholme?
The Bradford local authority, which includes Denholme, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.