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Oakworth

Oakworth is a village in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has 17 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Oakworth, located 1.1 km away. There were around 34 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Oakworth 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
Keighley
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

14°CCloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:33

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

Crime

47 reported · July 2026 34% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Vehicle crime7
  • Criminal damage & arson4

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Keighley · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Keighley Central Ward Area To target street crime, retail theft, and anti-social behaviour in Keighley Town Centre. This targeted approac…
  • Worth Valley Ward Area Targeting anti-social behaviour in Worth Valley. To target rural crime to keep communities safe. Tackling speeding…

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

124 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 105 rated 4–5 ★ (93 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Haworth (1.2 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Keighley (5.8 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: 154.9p · Shell (10 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (5.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Museum Car Park (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds5

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 90 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

Robbie Moore

Conservative

Keighley and Ilkley

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67

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 & clinics2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

19,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

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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

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Biomass 43% · Imports 5% · Gas 3%

62 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 Keighley and Ilkley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Haworth · 0.6 km

    Haworth is a village in the civil parish of 'Haworth with Stanbury', in the Bradford district, in West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Keighley, 8 miles (13 km) north of Halifax, 10 mi…

  • Brontë Parsonage Museum · 0.6 km

    The Brontë Parsonage Museum is a writer's house museum maintained by the Brontë Society in honour of the Brontë sisters – Charlotte, Emily and Anne. The museum is in the former Brontë family home, the parsonage in Haw…

  • St Michael and All Angels' Church, Haworth · 0.7 km

    St Michael and All Angels' Church is the Church of England parish church of Haworth, West Yorkshire. The majority of the structure, which is the third church building on the site, was built between 1879 and 1881. Part…

  • Worth Valley (dale) · 0.7 km

    The Worth Valley is a geographic area in West Yorkshire, England, that extends eastwards from Crow Hill and Oxenhope Moor, providing drainage for the River Worth for nearly 10 miles (16 km) to the River Aire. It is a…

  • Penistone Hill Country Park · 0.8 km

    Penistone Hill Country Park is an open space of moorland that is located to 0.31 miles (0.5 km) west of Haworth and 0.62 miles (1 km) north-west of Oxenhope in West Yorkshire, England. The park's highest point is deta…

  • Lumbfoot · 0.9 km

    Lumbfoot or Lumb Foot is a hamlet in the Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury civil parish, and the City of Bradford metropolitan district, England. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from Haworth and less than…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Oakworth?
Oakworth is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Bradford local authority.
How deprived is Oakworth?
The Bradford local authority, which includes Oakworth, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.