Bradford
Bradford is covered by postcode districts BD2, BD4, BD6, BD7, BD8, BD10 and 17 more. It is mostly in the Bradford council area: 7,564 of its 7,669 postcodes. The others are in Leeds, Kirklees and Calderdale.
Every postcode in Bradford, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 95
- At medium risk at worst: 19
- At low risk at worst: 41
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 7,514
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 7,669 postcodes in Bradford that ONS places, 95 have a home or business at high risk, 19 are at medium risk at worst, 41 are at low risk at worst and 7,514 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 53.7917, longitude -1.7606. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
95 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 31 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BD1 1JB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BD7 1DD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BD10 0NQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BD1 4AB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BD2 1QN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BD1 2JS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Bradford?
Homes sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.5% on the 12 months before. At 6,646 of the 7,406 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,463 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 155 of its 7,669 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bradford Interchange, 750 metres 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 Bradford?
Homes in Bradford sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,477 sales, up 6.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £300,000 297 sales
- Semi-detached £185,000 1,017 sales
- Terraced £132,250 1,030 sales
- Flat or maisonette £90,000 133 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BD4 district, Bradford's main postcode district: a typical £145,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bradford: 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 Bradford?
268 of the 7,669 postcodes now in use in Bradford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 100 of the 3,334 homes sold in Bradford were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD4 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 Bradford | Across the BD4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 18 of 2,477 (Under 1%) | 1 of 245 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 100 of 3,334 (3%) | 0 of 374 (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 Bradford?
Ofcom reports on 7,406 of the 7,669 postcodes in Bradford. At 6,646 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 Bradford at risk of flooding?
155 of the 7,669 postcodes in Bradford 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 1,463 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 Bradford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Bradford (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Dixons Music Primary600 m 420 pupils, 420 places
- All Saints CofE Primary School800 m 628 pupils, 630 places
- Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy900 m 329 pupils, 420 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy950 m 342 pupils, 350 places
- Copthorne Primary School1.0 km 517 pupils, 548 places
- Dixons Manningham Academy1.1 km 368 pupils, 450 places
- Green Lane Primary School1.2 km 518 pupils, 630 places
- Co-op Academy Princeville1.3 km 392 pupils, 460 places
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 Bradford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bradford is Bradford Interchange Rail Station, 750 m away in a straight line.
- Bradford Interchange Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
- Bradford Forster Square Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
- Frizinghall Rail Station Railway station 3.2 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 Bradford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bradford, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Bevan Community Benefit Society Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01274 322400 650 mWalk
- Clarendon Medical Centre Phone 01274 736996 800 mWalk
- Bradford Student Health Service Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01274 371380 850 mWalk
- Bilton Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01274 782080 950 mWalk
- Park Grange Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 01274 522904 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bradford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 13,738 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bradford 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
- 1,178 September 2025
- 1,178 October 2025
- 1,171 November 2025
- 1,101 December 2025
- 1,015 January 2026
- 945 February 2026
- 1,038 March 2026
- 1,151 April 2026
- 1,208 May 2026
- 1,211 June 2026
- 1,276 July 2026
- 1,266 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 506, other crime 347, robbery 263, theft from the person 242, possession of weapons 119, bicycle theft 75.
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 Bradford?
- Councils
- Bradford (7,564), Leeds (85), Kirklees (16) and 1 other
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bradford East (2,628), Bradford West (2,436), Bradford South (2,413) and 5 others
- Police force area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Bradford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Bradford is in Bradford; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- 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 Bradford
- 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
Bradford postcodes
7,669 postcodes in use in Bradford, by district:
Those districts are in the BD postcode area, LS postcode area and HX postcode area.
Check a Bradford postcode
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 Bradford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bradford's £165,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bradford
- What is it like to live in Bradford?
- Homes sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.5% on the 12 months before. At 6,646 of the 7,406 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,463 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 155 of its 7,669 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bradford Interchange, 750 metres 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 Bradford?
- Bradford is covered by postcode districts BD2, BD4, BD6, BD7, BD8, BD10 and 17 more, across 7,669 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bradford?
- Homes in Bradford sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,477 sales, up 6.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bradford?
- In Bradford, primary schools at its postcodes include Dixons Music Primary, All Saints CofE Primary School and Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Dixons McMillan Academy, Dixons Trinity Academy and Bronte Girls' Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bradford have a railway station?
- Yes: Bradford Interchange is 750 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Bradford, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bradford?
- Ofcom reports on 7,406 of the 7,669 postcodes in Bradford. At 6,646 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bradford at risk of flooding?
- 155 of the 7,669 postcodes in Bradford 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 1,463 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 Bradford?
- 268 of the 7,669 postcodes now in use in Bradford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 100 of the 3,334 homes sold in Bradford were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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