Central Bradford

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,650 · 3 LSOAs

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

1Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,771 of 6,856 in England
  • #668 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #56 of 63 in Bradford
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,446
Median age (est.)30
Density5,284per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above33%
No car or van66%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 17%25–44 42%45–64 14%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 6%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 62%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 6%Social rent 23%Private rent 62%

Households

One person: 49%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 9%Other: 12%
One person 49%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 9%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Elementary 17% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Elementary17%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 25%Asian: 57%Black: 8%Mixed: 4%Other: 6%
White 25%Asian 57%Black 8%Mixed 4%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 54% · Christian 20% · No religion 13%

Born outside the UK: 50%

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

Central Bradford is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,771 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #56 of 63 in Bradford. Its seven theme scores are unusually even, all clustered near 4 out of 100. Typical homes here sold for about £65,000 over the past year, down 9% across five years (from 22 sales), 65% below the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,436 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 733 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 4 · #6,572
Employment 4 · #6,606
Education 7 · #6,401
Health 4 · #6,579
Crime 0 · #6,819
Housing & access 5 · #6,490
Living environment 6 · #6,421

House prices ?

£65,000median (12m) · -40.4% yr · n=22
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£65,00022-40.4%-9.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£54,00019-50.5%-7.7%
This area£65,000
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)£29,436±£4,328 · #6,496 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£17,916
Price-to-income ?2.2×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 ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

733 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 4,877 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,418 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences1,818
Theft1,042
Burglary164
Vehicle crime160
Criminal damage & arson300
Public order & weapons663
Drugs490
Robbery127
Other113

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 451 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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