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Bowling Park

Middle area

South east Bradford. 7,106 people in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Bowling Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£127,000
Joint 208th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,073
Joint 4,348th least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Bowling Park

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bowling Park at a rate of 139.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 130.2 per 1,000 people across Bradford.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences489
Other crime164
Anti-social behaviour85
Criminal damage and arson77
Vehicle crime58
Drug offences46
Burglary40
Theft from the person17
Robbery10
Shoplifting6

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Bowling Park compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Bowling ParkMiddle
Median sale price63 middle areas, Bradford · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Bradford63 areas from £79,000 to £460,000. The middle area is £170,000. Bowling Park is £127,000.
£127,00013th cheapest
Population63 middle areas, Bradford · 2021
Population: every middle area in Bradford63 areas from 5,223 to 14,127. The middle area is 8,291. Bowling Park is 7,073.
7,07314th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares63 middle areas, Bradford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Bradford63 areas from 18.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Bowling Park is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage63 middle areas, Bradford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Bradford63 areas from 77.4% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.0%. Bowling Park is 99.5%.
99.5%joint 6th highest

Is Bowling Park safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bowling Park at a rate of 139.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 130.2 per 1,000 people across Bradford.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 91 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bowling Park.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (489), other crime (164) and anti-social behaviour (85).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Bradford

These figures are published for the whole of Bradford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bradford and not Bowling Park alone. See Bradford

Average house price
£182,766
Up 2.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,526
26th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
Joint 59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
36.7
12th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bowling Park in brief

The median price paid for a home in Bowling Park was £127,000 in 2025.

Bowling Park had 7,073 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Bowling Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bowling Park, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.