BD97 postcode area guide — Bradford
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BD97 postcode district in Bradford — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BD97
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
100%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BD97 postcode district (Bradford) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 2 postcodes Ofcom measures in BD97, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 100% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 100%.
Around 0% of premises in BD97 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 BD97
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BD97 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| BD97 1AF | 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 BD97
Police recorded 252 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BD97 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 97 | 38.5% |
| Public order | 28 | 11.1% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 22 | 8.7% |
| Burglary | 19 | 7.5% |
| Shoplifting | 15 | 6.0% |
| Other theft | 14 | 5.6% |
| Vehicle crime | 14 | 5.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 12 | 4.8% |
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).
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 BD97
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Walburga's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 225 | BD18 4RL |
| High Park School | Not applicable | 3–19 | 135 | BD9 6RY |
| Saltaire Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 418 | BD18 4NR |
| Beckfoot Upper Heaton | Secondary | 11–16 | 679 | BD9 6AL |
| Hirst Wood Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 84 | BD18 4NJ |
| Chellow Heights Special School | Not applicable | 2–11 | 269 | BD9 6AL |
| Belle Vue Girls' Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 910 | BD9 6NA |
| Heaton St Barnabas' CofE Aided Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 382 | BD9 4DA |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Phone area codes for Bradford
Landlines around BD97 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.