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BD16

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Bingley and Harden, in Bradford.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BD16 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In BD16, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£225,000
561st cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
25,574
1,139th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How BD16 compares

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

BD16Middle
Median sale price24 postcode districts, BD · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in BD24 areas from £105,000 to £300,000. The middle area is £186,125. BD16 is £225,000.
£225,0006th most expensive
Population24 postcode districts, BD · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BD24 areas from 5,233 to 37,946. The middle area is 28,187. BD16 is 25,574.
25,5749th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, BD · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in BD24 areas from 77.1% to 98.6%. The middle area is 96.6%. BD16 is 94.2%.
94.2%4th lowest
Claimant rate24 postcode districts, BD · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in BD24 areas from 1.3% to 13.8%. The middle area is 5.0%. BD16 is 2.4%.
2.4%5th lowest

Is BD16 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BD16 at a rate of 78.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across BD.

In August 2026 alone, 124 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BD16.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (836), other crime (330) and anti-social behaviour (266).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BD16 was 77.9 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in BD16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BD16 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in BD16

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bradford 010A1,50938.2 per 1,0001097.5%
Bradford 010B2,51320.8 per 1,0001092.4%
Bradford 010C1,62032.5 per 1,000978.0%
Bradford 010D2,27991.8 per 1,000698.3%
Bradford 010E1,21626.0 per 1,0001098.9%
Bradford 015A1,604188.3 per 1,000680.8%
Bradford 015B1,64562.4 per 1,0007100.0%
Bradford 015C1,66977.3 per 1,000697.5%
Bradford 015D1,76988.6 per 1,000399.9%
Bradford 015E2,009149.0 per 1,000691.9%
Bradford 022A1,60239.9 per 1,000999.7%
Bradford 022C1,58552.8 per 1,000798.8%
Bradford 022E1,59358.3 per 1,000399.2%
Bradford 022G1,53692.2 per 1,000796.2%

MPs for BD16

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in BD163

Postcode sectors in BD165

Council1

Towns in BD161

Postcode districts next to BD169

Nearest rail stations4

More in the BD postcode area2

BD16 in brief

BD16 is a postcode district covering Bingley and Harden, in Bradford.

About 25,936 people lived in BD16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 487 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 78.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in BD16 was £225,000 in 2025.

BD16 had 25,574 usual residents at the census.

In BD16, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In BD16, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.