Baildon
Baildon is covered by postcode districts BD17 and BD18. It is in the Bradford council area, England.
Every postcode in Baildon, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 12
- In use before 2020: 527
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 539 postcodes in Baildon that ONS places, 12 are new since 2020 and 527 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.8484, longitude -1.7688. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BD17 5FE, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Baildon?
Homes sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 485 of the 528 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 145 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 28 of its 539 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Baildon, 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Baildon?
Homes in Baildon sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 258 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £450,000 71 sales
- Semi-detached £275,500 109 sales
- Terraced £191,500 61 sales
- Flat or maisonette £92,500 17 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BD17 district, Baildon's main postcode district: a typical £269,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Baildon: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Baildon?
12 of the 539 postcodes now in use in Baildon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 276 homes sold in Baildon were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD17 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Baildon | Across the BD17 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 258 (0%) | 0 of 292 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 276 (0%) | 0 of 298 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Baildon?
Ofcom reports on 528 of the 539 postcodes in Baildon. At 485 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Baildon at risk of flooding?
28 of the 539 postcodes in Baildon have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 145 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Baildon?
The open schools at the postcodes in Baildon. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Baildon?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Baildon is Baildon Rail Station, 1.0 km away in a straight line.
- Baildon Rail Station Railway station 1.0 kmWalk
- Shipley Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
- Saltaire Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Baildon?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Baildon. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Baildon Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2023 · Phone 01274 581979 500 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Baildon safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,871 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Baildon over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 189 September 2025
- 153 October 2025
- 175 November 2025
- 152 December 2025
- 113 January 2026
- 143 February 2026
- 141 March 2026
- 144 April 2026
- 182 May 2026
- 137 June 2026
- 170 July 2026
- 172 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 50, other crime 32, robbery 29, bicycle theft 8, possession of weapons 6, theft from the person 5.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Baildon?
- Council
- Bradford
- Parliamentary constituency
- Shipley
- Police force area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Anna Dixon (Labour)
All 539 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Baildon
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Bradford about council tax Council tax, on bradford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Baildon
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Baildon postcodes
539 postcodes in use in Baildon, by district:
Those districts are all in the BD postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Baildon
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Baildon's £280,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Baildon
- What is it like to live in Baildon?
- Homes sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 485 of the 528 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 145 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 28 of its 539 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Baildon, 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Baildon?
- Baildon is covered by postcode districts BD17 and BD18, across 539 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Baildon in?
- Baildon is in the Bradford council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Baildon?
- Baildon is in the Shipley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Anna Dixon (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Baildon?
- Homes in Baildon sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 258 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Baildon?
- In Baildon, primary schools at its postcodes include Sandal Primary School, Hoyle Court Primary School and Baildon Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Titus Salt School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Baildon have a railway station?
- Yes: Baildon is 1.0 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Baildon, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Baildon?
- Ofcom reports on 528 of the 539 postcodes in Baildon. At 485 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Baildon at risk of flooding?
- 28 of the 539 postcodes in Baildon have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 145 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Baildon?
- 12 of the 539 postcodes now in use in Baildon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 276 homes sold in Baildon were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD17 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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