Shipley
Shipley is covered by postcode districts BD2, BD9, BD10, BD16, BD17 and BD18. It is in the Bradford council area, England.
Every postcode in Shipley, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 14
- At medium risk at worst: 9
- At low risk at worst: 22
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 721
Of the 766 postcodes in Shipley that ONS places, 14 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 22 are at low risk at worst and 721 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.8319, longitude -1.7772. 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
14 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.
What is it like to live in Shipley?
Homes sold for a typical £195,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.5% on the 12 months before. At 671 of the 757 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 132 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 45 of its 766 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes, or more. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Shipley, 250 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 Shipley?
Homes in Shipley sold for a typical £195,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 350 sales, down 0.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £196,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £195,000
▼ down 0.5% on the 12 months before
Across the whole BD18 district, Shipley's main postcode district: a typical £197,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shipley: 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 Shipley?
11 of the 766 postcodes now in use in Shipley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 393 homes sold in Shipley were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD18 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 Shipley | Across the BD18 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 350 (Under 1%) | 1 of 307 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 5 of 393 (1%) | 5 of 364 (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 Shipley?
Ofcom reports on 757 of the 766 postcodes in Shipley. At 671 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 Shipley at risk of flooding?
45 of the 766 postcodes in Shipley 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 132 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 Shipley?
The open schools at the postcodes in Shipley (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
- Shipley CofE Primary School350 m 213 pupils, 210 places
- High Crags Primary Leadership Academy600 m 311 pupils, 420 places
- Wycliffe CofE Primary School750 m 318 pupils, 400 places
- St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy850 m 225 pupils, 236 places
- Christ Church Church of England Academy1.1 km 161 pupils, 210 places
- Low Ash Primary School1.1 km 478 pupils, 420 places
- Saltaire Primary School1.2 km 418 pupils, 420 places
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy1.8 km 108 pupils, 140 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 Shipley?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shipley is Shipley Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.
- Shipley Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
- Saltaire Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Frizinghall Rail Station Railway station 1.4 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 Shipley?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Shipley. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Affinity Care300 m
- The Saltaire & Windhill Medical P'ship900 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Shipley safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,268 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shipley 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
- 394 September 2025
- 363 October 2025
- 353 November 2025
- 340 December 2025
- 322 January 2026
- 276 February 2026
- 312 March 2026
- 357 April 2026
- 378 May 2026
- 376 June 2026
- 409 July 2026
- 388 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 140, other crime 113, robbery 58, possession of weapons 27, theft from the person 23, bicycle theft 14.
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 Shipley?
- Council
- Bradford
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Shipley (713), Bradford West (52) and Bradford East (1)
- 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 Shipley
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 Shipley
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Shipley postcodes
766 postcodes in use in Shipley, 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 Shipley
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shipley's £195,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Shipley
- What is it like to live in Shipley?
- Homes sold for a typical £195,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.5% on the 12 months before. At 671 of the 757 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 132 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 45 of its 766 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes, or more. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Shipley, 250 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 Shipley?
- Shipley is covered by postcode districts BD2, BD9, BD10, BD16, BD17 and BD18, across 766 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Shipley in?
- Shipley is in the Bradford council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Shipley?
- Homes in Shipley sold for a typical £195,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 350 sales, down 0.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Shipley?
- In Shipley, primary schools at its postcodes include Shipley CofE Primary School, High Crags Primary Leadership Academy and Wycliffe CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Bradford Alternative Provision Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Shipley have a railway station?
- Yes: Shipley is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Shipley, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Shipley?
- Ofcom reports on 757 of the 766 postcodes in Shipley. At 671 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Shipley at risk of flooding?
- 45 of the 766 postcodes in Shipley 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 132 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 Shipley?
- 11 of the 766 postcodes now in use in Shipley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 393 homes sold in Shipley were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BD18 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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