UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/bradford

Council areaYorkshire and the Humber, England

House prices in Bradford

Homes in Bradford sold for a median of £186,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 12,134 standard sales.

That makes it the sixth cheapest of the 15 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £215,000.

Median sale price£186,00012,134 standard sales
Middle half of prices£135,000 to £270,000
Change since 2016+45%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Postcode districts in Bradford

The dearest district was LS29 (Ilkley), at £400,000, and the cheapest was BD1 (mostly City ward), at £101,500. The dearest median is 3.9 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were BD17 (Shipley) and BD20 (Keighley), and the next cheapest BD3 (mostly Bradford Moor ward) and BD5 (mostly Little Horton ward).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Bradford, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in Bradford, by number of sales: Bradford (14 districts), Keighley (BD20, BD21, BD22), Shipley (BD17, BD18), Ilkley (LS29), Bingley (BD16).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. LS29Ilkley, 1,165 sales£400,000+4%
  2. BD17Shipley, 590 sales£268,000+17%
  3. BD20Keighley, 1,310 sales£241,500+6%
  4. BD16Bingley, 846 sales£225,000+13%
  5. BD10Bradford, 854 sales£215,000+4%
  6. BD13Bradford, 867 sales£204,000+4%
  7. BD15Bradford, 442 sales£200,000+8%
  8. BD18Shipley, 671 sales£195,000+7%
  9. BD22Keighley, 892 sales£190,000+10%
  10. BD14Bradford, 241 sales£180,000−3%
  11. BD12Bradford, 534 sales£172,500−4%
  12. BD2Bradford, 902 sales£172,000+9%
  13. BD6Bradford, 753 sales£166,000+3%
  14. BD9Bradford, 347 sales£150,000+9%
  15. BD4Bradford, 619 sales£140,000+8%
  16. BD7Bradford, 468 sales£138,000+3%
  17. BD8Bradford, 246 sales£135,500+15%
  18. BD21Keighley, 419 sales£127,000+5%
  19. BD5Bradford, 315 sales£120,000+9%
  20. BD3Bradford, 293 sales£115,0000%
  21. BD1Bradford, 100 sales£101,500Too few

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in BD17 (Shipley), up 17%, and fell most in BD12 (mostly Wyke ward), down 4%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Bingley Road, Bradford (BD9)61 sales
  • Beacon Road, Wibsey (BD6)30 sales
  • Huddersfield Road, Wyke (BD12)28 sales
  • Sunbridge Road, Bradford (BD1)23 sales
  • Bradford Road, Menston (LS29)23 sales
  • Leeds Road, Idle (BD10)21 sales
  • Thornton Road, Thornton (BD13)20 sales
  • Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley (LS29)20 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Kings Road, Ilkley (LS29, £645,000), Bolling Road, Ilkley (LS29, £625,000) and The Green, Burley in Wharfedale (LS29, £595,000).

The cheapest were Frizley Gardens, Bradford (BD9, flats, £78,000), Wood Street, Crossflatts (BD16, flats, £90,000) and Salts Mill Road, Shipley (BD17, flats, £91,500).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Bradford, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached2,002£357,500£275,000 to £465,000£3,196/m²from 62 sales
Semi-detached4,492£200,000£160,000 to £255,000£2,565/m²from 153 sales
Terraced4,670£148,000£110,000 to £195,000£1,980/m²from 147 sales
Flats and maisonettes970£127,500£85,000 to £182,000£1,634/m²from 24 sales

Terraced houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in Bradford, at 39% and 37% of sales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 45%, from £130,000 in 2016 to £188,000 in 2025, the same as the 45% rise across Yorkshire and the Humber as a whole.

Living in Bradford

Crime

120 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Higher than 92 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

96% of homes can get it

Higher than 83 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%.

Radon

99% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 94 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,361 a year in Bradford for 2026 to 2027

Lower than 66 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber

Median sale price of the 15 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first.

  1. York£307,500
  2. North Yorkshire£270,000
  3. Leeds£248,000
  4. East Riding of Yorkshire£225,000
  5. Sheffield£220,000
  6. Kirklees£215,000
  7. Wakefield£205,000
  8. Rotherham£195,000
  9. Calderdale£194,000
  10. Bradford£186,000
  11. Barnsley£180,000
  12. Doncaster£180,000
  13. North Lincolnshire£177,000
  14. North East Lincolnshire£165,000
  15. Kingston upon Hull£140,000
All 15 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber, ranked

About these figures

Bradford's figures come from 12,134 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 21 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Bradford, so their sales add up to 12,874 instead (how we build council pages).

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.