BD5 postcode area guide — Bradford
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BD5 postcode district in Bradford — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BD5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.1%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88.9%
Gigabit-capable
85%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BD5 postcode district (Bradford) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 592 postcodes Ofcom measures in BD5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.1% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 85%.
Around 0% of premises in BD5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BD5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BD5 0AB | 66.7% | 66.7% |
| BD5 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| BD5 0AF | 100% | 0% |
| BD5 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| BD5 0AL | 75% | 75% |
| BD5 0AP | 100% | 0% |
| BD5 0AQ | 100% | 0% |
| BD5 0AU | 100% | 100% |
| BD5 0AX | 100% | 100% |
| BD5 0BA | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Bradford
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Bradford district (236,152 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
95.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
92.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BD5
Police recorded 756 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BD5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 338 | 44.7% |
| Public order | 72 | 9.5% |
| Drugs | 70 | 9.3% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 67 | 8.9% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 39 | 5.2% |
| Vehicle crime | 39 | 5.2% |
| Other theft | 36 | 4.8% |
| Burglary | 23 | 3.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in BD5
Based on 147 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BD5 is £115,000, down 2.1% on the previous year (£117,500).
Detached
£220,000
3 sales
Semi-detached
£148,000
25 sales
Terraced
£110,000
107 sales
Flat / maisonette
£59,000
5 sales
Latest recorded sales in BD5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £90,000 | Terraced | Chellow Street | BD5 9QG |
| 14 May 2026 | £120,000 | Terraced | Parkside Road | BD5 8EP |
| 13 May 2026 | £116,000 | Terraced | Ramsey Street | BD5 7NP |
| 8 May 2026 | £95,000 | Terraced | Chellow Street | BD5 9QG |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £100,000 | Terraced | Halton Place | BD5 9HE |
| 21 Apr 2026 | £111,000 | Terraced | Manchester Road | BD5 8NF |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £190,000 | Semi-detached | Sangster Way | BD5 8LQ |
| 15 Apr 2026 | £150,000 | Terraced | Carr Bottom Avenue | BD5 9BD |
| 13 Apr 2026 | £85,000 | Terraced | Haycliffe Road | BD5 9HB |
| 13 Apr 2026 | £60,000 | Terraced | Independent Street | BD5 9DA |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Bradford demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Bradford district (546,410 residents, 209,867 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22.9% |
| 15–29 | 24.8% |
| 30–44 | 19.7% |
| 45–64 | 17.4% |
| 65+ | 15.2% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 61.7% |
| Private rented | 23.1% |
| Social rented | 9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BD5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-op Academy Grange | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,379 | BD5 9ET |
| Dixons Sixth Form, Bradford | 16 plus | 16–19 | 1,238 | BD5 7JR |
| Dixons City Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 892 | BD5 7RR |
| Dixons Trinity Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 671 | BD5 0BE |
| Dixons McMillan Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 665 | BD5 0JD |
| All Saints CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 628 | BD5 0NG |
| Bowling Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 615 | BD5 8BT |
| St Stephen's CofE Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 460 | BD5 7HU |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BD5
182 rated food businesses operate in BD5. 103 hold the top rating of 5, 32 are rated 4, and 16 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 1st Action UK, Acorn Nursing Home, Al Salams, All Saints C of E Primary School, Aramark at New College Bradford.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BD5
From a sample of 283 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 BD5 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 14% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
1%
Band C
13%
Band D
42%
Band E
35%
Band F
5%
Band G
4%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bradford
Landlines around BD5 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.