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Queensbury

Queensbury is a town in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 8,912. It has one restaurant and café, 30 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Halifax, 5 km away. There were around 75 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 Queensbury 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
Bradford South
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

18°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 22° / 14° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:28

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

Crime

76 reported · July 2026 16% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences31
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Public order9
  • Criminal damage & arson7

Neighbourhood team: Bradford South · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Great Horton Ward Area Great Horton Ward Priorities • Tackle anti-social behaviour, nuisance and begging at identified hotspot locations,…
  • Tong Ward Area Tackle nuisance bikes and anti-social vehicle use, including speeding and inconsiderate parking, particularly around schoo…

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

232 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 183 rated 4–5 ★ (133 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Halifax (5.0 km)
  • 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Halifax (5.0 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 (2.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (12 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

65 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Queensbury (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

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
  • 51 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

Judith Cummins

Labour

Bradford South

Recent votes:

  • NoKing's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (h)
  • AyeHigh Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3)
  • AyeDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Consideration of Lords Message: manuscript amendment
  • AyeCriminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 59

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

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

19,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

32 jobs advertised · £50,960 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Night Support Worker, Male Part Time Support Worker

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 29% · Gas 15% · Imports 7%

114 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 Bradford South:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Trinity Academy Bradford · 0.2 km

    Trinity Academy Bradford is an 11–16 mixed, secondary school located in Queensbury in West Yorkshire, England. Trinity Academy Bradford has recently opened its doors to its all new state of the art building and is cur…

  • Queensbury, West Yorkshire · 0.4 km

    Queensbury is a village in the metropolitan borough and city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Perched on a high vantage point above Halifax, Clayton and Thornton and overlooking Bradford, Queensbury is one of the…

  • Queensbury railway station · 1.3 km

    Queensbury railway station was a station on the Queensbury lines serving the village of Queensbury, West Yorkshire, England. The station was unusual due to its triangular shape, and at its opening the only other examp…

  • Queensbury and Shelf Urban District · 1.4 km

    Queensbury and Shelf was an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1937 to 1974. The district was formed by a County Review Order by the amalgamation of Queensbury and Shelf urban districts. It contained…

  • Holdsworth, West Yorkshire · 2.0 km

    Holdsworth is an area of Halifax in West Yorkshire, England, 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the town centre. It was historically a village in the township of Ovenden, in the ancient parish of Halifax in the West Riding of…

  • St Catherine's Catholic High School · 2.0 km

    St Catherine's Catholic High School was a Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The school was named after Catherine of Siena.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Queensbury?
Queensbury is a town in West Yorkshire, England, in the Bradford local authority.
What is the population of Queensbury?
Queensbury has an approximate settlement population of 8,912.
How deprived is Queensbury?
The Bradford local authority, which includes Queensbury, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.