Royds
WardSouth east Bradford. About 17,610 people in 4.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Royds live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Royds compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Royds safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Royds at a rate of 142.1 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, 185 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Royds.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,066), other crime (387) and criminal damage and arson (292).
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 ward, so they describe all of Bradford and not Royds alone. See Bradford
Royds in brief
Royds had 17,138 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Royds live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Royds, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Royds, 6.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.