Oakenshaw

Oakenshaw is covered by postcode districts BD12 and BD19. It is mostly in the Bradford council area: 45 of its 72 postcodes. The others are in Kirklees.

Typical price £183,500 Homes sold in Oakenshaw, last 12 months. ▲ 13.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 68 of 72 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 20 of 72 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 44 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Nearest school Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy 650 m from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Oakenshaw, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Oakenshaw, by flood risk Of the 72 postcodes in Oakenshaw that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Oakenshaw. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M606 BD12 7AF: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AG: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AH: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AQ: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AR: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AS: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AT: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AW: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AX: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AY: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BA: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BB: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BG: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BH: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BJ: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BN: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BP: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BQ: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BT: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BW: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BY: not on the flood risk listBD12 7BZ: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DE: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DN: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DP: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DR: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DS: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DT: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DU: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DX: not on the flood risk listBD12 7DY: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EA: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EB: not on the flood risk listBD12 7ED: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EE: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EF: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EG: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EH: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EJ: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EL: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EN: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EQ: not on the flood risk listBD12 7ES: not on the flood risk listBD12 7EW: not on the flood risk listBD12 7HL: not on the flood risk listBD12 7HN: not on the flood risk listBD12 7HP: not on the flood risk listBD12 7HR: not on the flood risk listBD12 7HW: not on the flood risk listBD12 7HY: not on the flood risk listBD12 9EQ: not on the flood risk listBD19 6BU: not on the flood risk listBD12 7AD: low flood risk at worstBD12 7AJ: low flood risk at worstBD12 7AL: low flood risk at worstBD12 7AP: low flood risk at worstBD12 7BX: low flood risk at worstBD12 7DA: low flood risk at worstBD12 7DB: low flood risk at worstBD12 7DD: low flood risk at worstBD12 7DJ: low flood risk at worstBD12 7DQ: low flood risk at worstBD12 7AA: medium flood risk at worstBD12 7AB: medium flood risk at worstBD12 7AN: medium flood risk at worstBD12 7AU: medium flood risk at worstBD12 7DH: medium flood risk at worstBD12 7DW: medium flood risk at worstBD12 7HS: medium flood risk at worstBD12 7BU: high flood riskBD12 7ER: high flood riskBD12 7HT: high flood risk Oakenshaw Map of every postcode in Oakenshaw, by flood risk Of the 72 postcodes in Oakenshaw that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Oakenshaw. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Oakenshaw
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 10
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 52

Of the 72 postcodes in Oakenshaw that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 52 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7476, longitude -1.7430. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BD12 7HT4 at high riskBD12 7ER2 at high riskBD12 7BU1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Oakenshaw?

Homes sold for a typical £183,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 13.3% on the 12 months before. At 68 of the 72 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 44 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 20 of its 72 postcodes. The nearest school is Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Low Moor Surgery, 1.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Low Moor, 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 Oakenshaw?

Homes in Oakenshaw sold for a typical £183,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 22 sales, up 13.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£183,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£162,000
12 months to August 2026
£183,500

▲ up 13.3% on the 12 months before

Detached 3 sales, too few to price
Semi-detached£205,000 5 sales
Terraced£158,150 14 sales

Across the whole BD12 district, Oakenshaw's main postcode district: a typical £180,200.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Oakenshaw: 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 Oakenshaw?

1 of the 72 postcodes now in use in Oakenshaw came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Oakenshaw were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD12 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

BD12 7AWsince February 2021

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

PeriodIn OakenshawAcross the BD12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 22 (0%) 1 of 235 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 34 (0%) 7 of 299 (2%)

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 Oakenshaw?

Ofcom reports on 72 of the 72 postcodes in Oakenshaw. At 68 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit68 of 72
Postcodes where every home can get superfast71 of 72

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Oakenshaw at risk of flooding?

20 of the 72 postcodes in Oakenshaw 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 44 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 20 of 72 postcodes High: 7Medium: 37Low: 56

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 Oakenshaw?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Oakenshaw; these are the nearest to its middle. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Oakenshaw?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Oakenshaw is Low Moor Rail Station, 750 m away in a straight line.

  • Low Moor Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
  • Bradford Interchange Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Bradford Forster Square Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive

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 Oakenshaw?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Oakenshaw. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Oakenshaw safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 661 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Oakenshaw 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. 61 September 2025
  2. 49 October 2025
  3. 40 November 2025
  4. 55 December 2025
  5. 58 January 2026
  6. 51 February 2026
  7. 73 March 2026
  8. 61 April 2026
  9. 52 May 2026
  10. 55 June 2026
  11. 61 July 2026
  12. 45 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences236 reports
Vehicle crime87 reports
Anti-social behaviour80 reports
Other theft61 reports
Criminal damage and arson51 reports
Burglary38 reports
Public order34 reports
Drugs30 reports

Also: other crime 30, shoplifting 7, possession of weapons 3, robbery 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Oakenshaw?

Councils
Bradford (45) and Kirklees (27)
Parliamentary constituencies
Bradford South (45) and Spen Valley (27)
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 Oakenshaw

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Oakenshaw postcodes

72 postcodes in use in Oakenshaw, by district:

BD12 postcode district,71 postcodesBD19 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the BD postcode area.

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Places near Oakenshaw

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Oakenshaw's £183,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Scholes, near Cleckheaton2.2 km, £187,500Cleckheaton2.9 km, £198,500Gomersal and Birkenshaw3.5 km, £229,000Bradford5.0 km, £165,000Liversedge5.2 km, £200,000Shelf and Northowram5.3 km, £250,000Brighouse5.4 km, £220,000Drighlington5.5 km, £256,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Oakenshaw

What is it like to live in Oakenshaw?
Homes sold for a typical £183,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 13.3% on the 12 months before. At 68 of the 72 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 44 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 20 of its 72 postcodes. The nearest school is Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Low Moor Surgery, 1.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Low Moor, 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 Oakenshaw?
Oakenshaw is covered by postcode districts BD12 and BD19, across 72 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Oakenshaw?
Homes in Oakenshaw sold for a typical £183,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 22 sales, up 13.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Oakenshaw?
In Oakenshaw, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Woodlands Church of England Primary Academy, 650 metres away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Appleton Academy, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Oakenshaw have a railway station?
Yes: Low Moor is 750 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Oakenshaw, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Oakenshaw?
Ofcom reports on 72 of the 72 postcodes in Oakenshaw. At 68 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Oakenshaw at risk of flooding?
20 of the 72 postcodes in Oakenshaw 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 44 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 Oakenshaw?
1 of the 72 postcodes now in use in Oakenshaw came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Oakenshaw were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD12 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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