Brown Royd

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,916 · 4 LSOAs

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

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  • #6,819 of 6,856 in England
  • #683 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #59 of 63 in Bradford
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,847
Median age (est.)29
Density3,805per km²
No qualifications35%
Degree or above20%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 27%15–24 18%25–44 30%45–64 17%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 39%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 15%Private rent 39%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 16%Other: 20%
One person 23%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 16%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 21% · Process & plant 15% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary21%
Process & plant15%
Sales & customer service13%
Professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 16%Asian: 73%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 6%
White 16%Asian 73%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 72% · Christian 14% · No religion 5%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Brown Royd is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,819 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #59 of 63 in Bradford. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (25) and lowest on Education (0). Typical homes here, about £130,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 113% in five years (from 40 sales), 30% below the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,173 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 158 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 1 · #6,791
Employment 2 · #6,730
Education 0 · #6,839
Health 9 · #6,264
Crime 12 · #6,037
Housing & access 25 · #5,153
Living environment 2 · #6,743

House prices ?

£130,000median (12m) · +27.5% yr · n=40
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£130,00040+27.5%+113.1%
Detached£239,9959
Semi-detached£177,00011+5.7%+151.8%
Terraced£120,00016+42.4%+100.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£130,000
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)£31,173±£4,804 · #6,143 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£21,238
Price-to-income ?4.2×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

158 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,248 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #5,971 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences591
Theft221
Burglary44
Vehicle crime82
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons99
Drugs67
Robbery23
Other39

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 98 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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