Bowling Park

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,048 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,716 of 6,856 in England
  • #660 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #52 of 63 in Bradford
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,076
Median age (est.)31
Density4,294per km²
No qualifications33%
Degree or above19%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 26%15–24 17%25–44 28%45–64 20%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 20%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 16%Other: 15%
One person 28%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 16%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Process & plant 14% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Process & plant14%
Professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Sales & customer service12%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors4%

Ethnic group

White: 36%Asian: 52%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 36%Asian 52%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Muslim 54% · Christian 25% · No religion 14%

Born outside the UK: 32%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bowling Park is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,716 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #52 of 63 in Bradford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (54) and lowest on Education (1). Typical homes here, about £124,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 39% in five years (from 47 sales), 33% below the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,144 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 125 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 2 · #6,689
Employment 4 · #6,551
Education 1 · #6,771
Health 11 · #6,106
Crime 5 · #6,524
Housing & access 54 · #3,158
Living environment 2 · #6,723

House prices ?

£124,000median (12m) · +9.7% yr · n=47
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£124,00047+9.7%+39.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£148,00017+10.0%+41.0%
Terraced£113,50028+8.1%+51.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£124,000
Bradford£185,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,144±£4,731 · #5,626 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,384
Price-to-income ?3.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

125 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 883 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,570 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences457
Theft88
Burglary30
Vehicle crime55
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons87
Drugs47
Robbery14
Other38

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 103 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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