Oakworth
Oakworth is covered by postcode district BD22. It is in the Bradford council area, England.
Every postcode in Oakworth, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 6
- At medium risk at worst: 1
- At low risk at worst: 5
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 109
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 121 postcodes in Oakworth that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 109 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.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.8460, longitude -1.9520. 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.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BD22 7PR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Oakworth?
Homes sold for a typical £184,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 12.4% on the 12 months before. At 115 of the 120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 52 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 121 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Modality Partnership (Awc), 1.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Keighley, 4.1 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 Oakworth?
Homes in Oakworth sold for a typical £184,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 45 sales, down 12.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £362,000 5 sales
- Semi-detached £244,000 11 sales
- Terraced £169,450 29 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BD22 district, Oakworth's main postcode district: a typical £192,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Oakworth: 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 Oakworth?
1 of the 121 postcodes now in use in Oakworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 63 homes sold in Oakworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD22 district, 1%.
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 Oakworth | Across the BD22 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 45 (0%) | 0 of 421 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 63 (0%) | 6 of 471 (1%) |
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 Oakworth?
Ofcom reports on 120 of the 121 postcodes in Oakworth. At 115 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 Oakworth at risk of flooding?
12 of the 121 postcodes in Oakworth 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 52 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 Oakworth?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Oakworth. 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.
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 Oakworth?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Oakworth is Keighley Rail Station, 4.1 km away in a straight line.
- Keighley Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
- Steeton & Silsden Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
- Crossflatts Rail Station Railway station 7.2 kmDrive
- Oakworth (Keighley & Worth Valley Railway) Underground, metro or tram 850 mWalk
- Haworth (Keighley & Worth Valley Railway) Underground, metro or tram 1.7 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 Oakworth?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Oakworth. 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.
- Modality Partnership (Awc) Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report August 2024 · Phone 01535 609249 1.6 kmCycle
- Ling House Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2024 · Phone 01535 605747 3.7 kmCycle
- The Wilsden Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 01535 273227 6.7 kmDrive
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Oakworth safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 692 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Oakworth 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
- 67 September 2025
- 60 October 2025
- 51 November 2025
- 52 December 2025
- 60 January 2026
- 41 February 2026
- 55 March 2026
- 81 April 2026
- 49 May 2026
- 71 June 2026
- 57 July 2026
- 48 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: shoplifting 23, drugs 15, robbery 4, possession of weapons 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 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 Oakworth?
- Council
- Bradford
- Parliamentary constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley
- Police force area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
- MP
- Robbie Moore (Conservative)
All 121 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 Oakworth
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 nearest GP practices
- 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
Oakworth postcodes
121 postcodes in use in Oakworth, by district:
That district is 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 Oakworth
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Oakworth's £184,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Oakworth
- What is it like to live in Oakworth?
- Homes sold for a typical £184,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 12.4% on the 12 months before. At 115 of the 120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 52 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 121 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Modality Partnership (Awc), 1.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Keighley, 4.1 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 Oakworth?
- Oakworth is covered by postcode district BD22, across 121 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Oakworth in?
- Oakworth is in the Bradford council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Oakworth?
- Oakworth is in the Keighley and Ilkley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Robbie Moore (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Oakworth?
- Homes in Oakworth sold for a typical £184,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 45 sales, down 12.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Oakworth?
- In Oakworth, primary schools at its postcodes include Oakworth Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Beckfoot Oakbank, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Oakworth have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Oakworth is Keighley, 4.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Oakworth?
- Ofcom reports on 120 of the 121 postcodes in Oakworth. At 115 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Oakworth at risk of flooding?
- 12 of the 121 postcodes in Oakworth 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 52 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 Oakworth?
- 1 of the 121 postcodes now in use in Oakworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 63 homes sold in Oakworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD22 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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