Thornton (Bradford)

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 7° · 56% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:30

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US 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

69 reported · August 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Shoplifting8
• Anti-social behaviour6

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bradford West · 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)

223 food businesses within 2 miles

• 182 rated 4–5 ★ (140 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Frizinghall (6.3 km)
• 26 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 (5.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.2 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

66 charging locations within ~8 km

• 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Squirrel Hill Holiday Cottages (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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
• 134 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

Naz Shah

Labour

Bradford West

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens30
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £51,190 avg

e.g. Health & Safety Advisor, Tesco Colleague - Thornton Express, Mill Technician - OTE £31K plus premium overtime available

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 33% · Gas 12% · Imports 6%

102 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 West:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 546 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials223 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks95 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND89 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce a national strategy to tackle the cat overpopulation and rescue crisis56 local signatures · 18,774 nationwide

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

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  Brontë Birthplace · 0.2 km

  The Brontë Birthplace is a house in Market Street, Thornton, West Yorkshire, England, where writers Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, and their brother Branwell, were born between 1816 and 1820.

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  Thornton, West Yorkshire · 0.2 km

  Thornton is a village and former civil parish, within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) to the west of the city centre of Bradford, and together wit…

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  Thornton Viaduct · 0.4 km

  Thornton Viaduct is a disused railway bridge in Thornton, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in northern England. It opened in 1878, having been built for the Great Northern Railway, closed in 1966, and re-opene…

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  Thornton railway station · 0.8 km

  Thornton railway station was a station on the Keighley-Queensbury section of the Queensbury Lines which ran between Keighley, Bradford and Halifax via Queensbury. The station served the village of Thornton, West Yorks…

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  Egypt, Bradford · 1.4 km

  Egypt is a hamlet near Thornton, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Thornton and Allerton · 1.6 km

  Thornton and Allerton is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the villages of Thornton and Allerton around which it is drawn.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)