Oakenshaw

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 5° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:34

9h 27m 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

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

36 reported · August 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Vehicle crime6
• Public order5

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Batley and Spen · West Yorkshire

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

956 reported road collisions (2025)

266 killed or seriously injured · 1,210 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

391 food businesses within 2 miles

• 333 rated 4–5 ★ (272 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Low Moor (1.1 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£185,297 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Bradford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£745 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £549
• 2 bed £675
• 3 bed £808

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

6,278 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (9.4 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

85 charging locations within ~8 km

• 47 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: The Bobbin Carrier Pub & Restaurant (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds2

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK18,937
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK25,318
• Net moves−6,381

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 23 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

37% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

233 schools · 99,554 pupils

157 primary · 32 secondary · 44 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bradford

444 CQC-registered services

• Care homes108
• GP practices76
• Dentists108
• Homecare agencies112
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bradford

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

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

606 applications decided

87.5% granted · 530 granted, 76 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Kim Leadbeater

Labour

Spen Valley

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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £33,264 avg

e.g. Cleaner, CSCS Labourer, E-Commerce Executive

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

7% 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

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Biomass 38% · Gas 5% · Imports 5%

67 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

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BD12

• Sunnybank & Cowgill Medical Practice
• Low Moor Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Spen Valley:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth221 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases221 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND183 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK174 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills152 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Oakenshaw, West Yorkshire · 0.0 km

  Oakenshaw is a village located in both the City of Bradford and Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between the town of Cleckheaton in Kirklees and the suburb of Wyke in Bradford. The village is…

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  Transperience · 1.0 km

  Transperience was a short-lived museum of passenger transport located at Low Moor, in the south of Bradford in West Yorkshire, Northern England. It opened in July 1995, but closed only two years later in October 1997,…

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  Low Moor railway station · 1.0 km

  Low Moor railway station serves the villages of Low Moor and Oakenshaw in the south of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The station is situated on the Calder Valley Line between Bradford Interchange and Halifax.

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  Low Moor engine shed · 1.1 km

  Low Moor engine shed was steam locomotive shed built adjacent to Low Moor railway station, south of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. Originally opened in 1866 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the depot was…

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  Low Moor Explosion · 1.2 km

  The Low Moor Explosion was a fire and a series of explosions at a munitions factory in Low Moor, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire in August 1916. The factory was manufacturing picric acid to be used as an explosive…

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  Royds, Bradford · 1.8 km

  Royds is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 17,360.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)