Bradford-on-Avon
Bradford-on-Avon is a town in Wiltshire, England, with a population of around 9,274. It has two restaurants & cafés, 28 bus stops, and Bradford-on-Avon railway station 0.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £508,389, and there were around 44 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bradford-on-Avon area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Wiltshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 510,333 residents at roughly 157 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 55th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.
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°CCloudy
- Today: 22° / 11° · 23% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32
12h 55m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
19US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom
Crime
42 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences16
- Anti-social behaviour9
- Criminal damage & arson5
- Public order4
6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Bradford On Avon Town · Wiltshire
Local policing priorities
- Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Hotspot Patrols at Vulnerable and Repeat Locations
- Business & Retail Crime Reduction
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
880 reported road collisions (2024)
172 killed or seriously injured · 1,180 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
87 food businesses within 2 miles
- 64 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Bradford-on-Avon (0.4 km)
- 31 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Bradford-On-Avon (0.3 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£328,908 average▲ 2.7% YoY
Across Wiltshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,072 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY
- 1 bed £743
- 2 bed £964
- 3 bed £1,209
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
8.8× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (4.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (4.2 km)
13 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
30 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 300 kW
- Nearest: Bradford-on-Avon Station Car Park (0.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools7
- Sports pitches25
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds15
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
510,333 residents in Wiltshire · 157/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 231 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,572 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (25% of 233,060)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
268 schools · 74,579 pupils
201 primary · 28 secondary · 39 other
Ofsted: 106 of 128 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)
235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Malmesbury SchoolOutstanding
- Abbeyfield SchoolGood
- Bradon Forest SchoolGood
- Kingsbury Green AcademyGood
- Matravers SchoolGood
- Melksham Oak Community SchoolGood
- Sheldon SchoolGood
- South Wilts Grammar SchoolGood
- St Augustine's Catholic CollegeGood
- The Corsham SchoolGood
- The Trafalgar School at DowntonGood
- The Wellington AcademyGood
- Pewsey Vale SchoolRequires improvement
- St Joseph's Catholic SchoolRequires improvement
- Avon Valley Academy
- Devizes School
- Hardenhuish School
- Kingdown School
- Lavington School
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
- Sarum Academy
- St John's Marlborough
- St Laurence School
- The Clarendon Academy
- The John of Gaunt School
- The Stonehenge School
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire
Care & health services
514 CQC-registered services
- Care homes163
- GP practices61
- Dentists98
- Homecare agencies152
- Hospitals & hospices8
CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Wiltshire
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (BRADFORD ON AVON NO 1)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 349 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
832 applications decided
92.2% granted · 767 granted, 65 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Brian Mathew
Liberal Democrat
Melksham and Devizes
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
Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition
- Lab 1
- Con 38
- LD 43
- Ref 10
- Oth 6
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies2
- Supermarkets2
- Parks & greens10
- Restaurants & cafés23
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
24,755 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
99 jobs advertised · £32,460 avg
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Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£751 median full-time weekly pay
2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£27,404 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
46% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 241,404 certificates
9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
68% low-carbon electricity
Solar 52% · Gas 29% · Wind 16% · Imports 3%
116 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 63.7 women · 63.8 men
64% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.4
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.3
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Melksham and Devizes:
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership380 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases360 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership324 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office309 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks287 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Swan Hotel, Bradford-on-Avon · 0.0 kmThe Swan Hotel is a Grade II* listed hotel in Church Street, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. It is of uncertain age but probably dates from the seventeenth century.
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Bradford-on-Avon · 0.1 kmThe St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church is in Market Street, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which originally served as Bradford-on-Avon Town Hall, was designed by Thomas Fuller and is a Grade II…
- Bradford-on-Avon · 0.1 km
Bradford-on-Avon is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, near the border with Somerset. The town's canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs and restaurants make it popular with tourists. The parish had a…
- St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon · 0.2 km
St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, is one of very few surviving Anglo-Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding.
The Hall, Bradford-on-Avon · 0.2 kmThe Hall, at times known as Kingston House and The Duke's House, is a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England.
Holy Trinity Church, Bradford-on-Avon · 0.3 kmHoly Trinity Church, Bradford-on-Avon is a Grade I listed church in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, with 12th-century origins. It is part of the Church of England within the Anglican Communion and Diocese of Sal…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bradford-on-Avon?
- Bradford-on-Avon is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
- What is the population of Bradford-on-Avon?
- Bradford-on-Avon has an approximate settlement population of 9,274.
- How deprived is Bradford-on-Avon?
- The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Bradford-on-Avon, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.