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Wharfedale

Ward

North east Bradford. About 14,831 people in 17 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
14,603
Joint 911th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wharfedale compares

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

WharfedaleMiddle
Population30 wards, Bradford · 2021
Population: every ward in Bradford30 areas from 13,915 to 22,758. The middle area is 17,595. Wharfedale is 14,603.
14,6032nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares30 wards, Bradford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Bradford30 areas from 45.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Wharfedale is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage30 wards, Bradford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Bradford30 areas from 84.0% to 99.5%. The middle area is 96.6%. Wharfedale is 88.5%.
88.5%3rd lowest
Claimant rate30 wards, Bradford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Bradford30 areas from 1.0% to 12.5%. The middle area is 6.4%. Wharfedale is 1.8%.
1.8%2nd lowest

Is Wharfedale safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wharfedale at a rate of 38.1 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, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wharfedale.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (240), other crime (100) and anti-social behaviour (59).

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 Wharfedale 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
Wharfedale in brief

Wharfedale had 14,603 usual residents at the census.

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

In Wharfedale, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wharfedale, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.