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Shipley (Bradford)

Shipley (Bradford) is a town in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 29,000. It has four pharmacies, one supermarket, two parks or green spaces, 59 restaurants or cafés, 59 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Saltaire, 0.7 km away. In June 2026, there were 188 recorded street crimes, 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 Shipley (Bradford) 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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 13° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:30

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Headingley Kerbside, United Kingdom

Crime

241 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences85
  • Shoplifting51
  • Anti-social behaviour24
  • Public order16

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shipley · West Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Windhill and Wrose Ward Areas Nuisance Bikes around West Royd, Wrose Road and Bolton Woods Drug Dealing around Snowden Road, Wrose Theft…
  • Baildon Ward Area Reduce Vehicle‑Related Crime: To target offences impacting local residents, including theft of motor vehicles, theft fr…

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

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 421 rated 4–5 ★ (342 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Saltaire (0.7 km)
  • 59 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Saltaire (0.7 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 (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (7.8 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

71 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 35 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Shell Saltaire (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms5
  • Sports pitches53
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds8

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
  • 133 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

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens24
  • Restaurants & cafés66

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

19,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 64% · Gas 14% · Solar 10% · Imports 9%

131 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 Shipley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Saltaire Festival · 0.6 km

    Saltaire Festival occurs each September in the village of Saltaire, a World Heritage Site in the Metropolitan District of Bradford, West Yorkshire.

  • Saltaire · 0.6 km

    Saltaire is a Victorian model village near Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, south of the River Aire, Salts Mill was built between the railway and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The mill and houses were built for Titu…

  • Victoria Hall, Saltaire · 0.6 km

    Victoria Hall, Saltaire is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Saltaire, near Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, designed by architects Lockwood and Mawson.

  • Shipley College · 0.7 km

    Shipley College is a General Further Education college in West Yorkshire, England, The college is a small place mainly based in the village of Saltaire. Other Sites are used for Lifestyle and Adult Learning and includ…

  • Saltaire railway station · 0.7 km

    Saltaire railway station serves the Victorian model village of Saltaire near Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) north of Bradford Forster Square.

  • Saltaire United Reformed Church · 0.7 km

    Saltaire United Reformed Church is a church at Saltaire, West Yorkshire, England. Commissioned and paid for by Titus Salt in the mid 19th century, the church is a Grade I listed building and sits within the Saltaire W…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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