Queensbury

9°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 7° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:28

9h 15m 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

63 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences33
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Burglary4

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bradford South · 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)

217 food businesses within 2 miles

• 182 rated 4–5 ★ (133 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Halifax (5.0 km)
• 30 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 (2.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.6 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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

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
• 51 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

Judith Cummins

Labour

Bradford South

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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £102,500 avg

e.g. Blinds and Curtains Installer, Pharmacy Dispenser - Queensbury Superstore, Locum Dentist

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 34% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

108 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

1 GP surgery · 5 pharmacies in BD13

• The Willows Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bradford South:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 250 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND160 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth148 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK122 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases117 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Trinity Academy Bradford · 0.2 km

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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)