Laisterdyke & Bowling

Bradford · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,744 · 4 LSOAs

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

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,695 of 6,856 in England
  • #655 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #50 of 63 in Bradford
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,646
Median age (est.)32
Density3,032per km²
No qualifications31%
Degree or above18%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 14%25–44 29%45–64 21%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 36%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 24%Other: 10%
One person 33%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 24%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Process & plant 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Process & plant13%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional10%
Professional8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 26%Black: 4%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 64%Asian 26%Black 4%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 34% · Christian 33% · Muslim 24%

Born outside the UK: 19%

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

Laisterdyke & Bowling is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,695 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #50 of 63 in Bradford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (58) but weak on Education (0). Typical homes here, about £123,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 45% in five years (from 60 sales), 34% below the wider Bradford median of £185,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,124 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 190 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 · #6,545
Employment 3 · #6,634
Education 0 · #6,826
Health 4 · #6,579
Crime 3 · #6,647
Housing & access 58 · #2,891
Living environment 19 · #5,530

House prices ?

£123,000median (12m) · +17.1% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£123,00060+17.1%+44.7%
Detached£260,0007
Semi-detached£130,00021-8.5%+21.5%
Terraced£112,50028+14.8%+49.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£123,000
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)£28,124±£4,126 · #6,663 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,304
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

190 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,471 offences
Bradford120
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #6,150 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences696
Theft149
Burglary82
Vehicle crime129
Criminal damage & arson120
Public order & weapons132
Drugs61
Robbery27
Other75

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 157 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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