BD6 postcode area guide — Bradford
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BD6 postcode district in Bradford — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BD6
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
97.1%
Gigabit-capable
96.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BD6 postcode district (Bradford) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 727 postcodes Ofcom measures in BD6, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 96.7%.
Around 0% of premises in BD6 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 BD6
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BD6 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AN | 100% | 100% |
| BD6 1AP | 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 BD6
Police recorded 484 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BD6 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 221 | 45.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 60 | 12.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 40 | 8.3% |
| Vehicle crime | 33 | 6.8% |
| Public order | 28 | 5.8% |
| Drugs | 23 | 4.8% |
| Other theft | 23 | 4.8% |
| Burglary | 16 | 3.3% |
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 BD6
Based on 358 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BD6 is £170,000, up 9.7% on the previous year (£155,000).
Detached
£271,000
31 sales
Semi-detached
£180,000
179 sales
Terraced
£145,000
137 sales
Flat / maisonette
£99,500
9 sales
Latest recorded sales in BD6
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £222,500 | Semi-detached | Glendale Drive | BD6 2LS |
| 22 May 2026 | £312,500 | Semi-detached | Beacon Road | BD6 3EJ |
| 22 May 2026 | £185,000 | Terraced | Cherwell Drive | BD6 2BX |
| 8 May 2026 | £215,000 | Semi-detached | Brownroyd Hill Road | BD6 1RU |
| 8 May 2026 | £182,000 | Semi-detached | Raeburn Drive | BD6 2LN |
| 1 May 2026 | £322,000 | Detached | Brearcliffe Street | BD6 2LD |
| 1 May 2026 | £347,000 | Detached | Sanderson Avenue | BD6 1QQ |
| 1 May 2026 | £210,000 | Terraced | Plantation Court | BD6 3FA |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £225,000 | Terraced | Digley Avenue | BD6 3WY |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £140,000 | Semi-detached | Eaglesfield Drive | BD6 2QJ |
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 BD6
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,325 | BD6 3PX |
| Wibsey Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 659 | BD6 1RL |
| Home Farm Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 456 | BD6 3NR |
| St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 388 | BD6 1SR |
| Farfield Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 384 | BD6 2BS |
| Woodside Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 362 | BD6 2PG |
| Reevy Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 216 | BD6 3ST |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 198 | BD6 1ST |
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 BD6
151 rated food businesses operate in BD6. 94 hold the top rating of 5, 27 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Acacia Bank Care Home, Adventure Island Cafe, Ancient Foresters, Ark Day Nursery, Bankfoot Cricket Club.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BD6
From a sample of 191 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 BD6 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 27% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
8%
Band C
18%
Band D
54%
Band E
14%
Band F
4%
Band G
2%
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 BD6 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.