# Keighley

Town in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Keighley is a town in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £157,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 138.1 per 1,000 people. About 50,344 people.

Town. Code E63000713. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford)

Keighley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Keighley add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £157,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Keighley was £157,000 in 2025. Joint 77th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/keighley#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 48,754** (2021). Keighley had 48,754 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 225th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/keighley#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Keighley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/keighley#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.5%** (January 2026). In Keighley, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/keighley#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000713) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Keighley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000713) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 556 homes were sold in Keighley in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000713) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Keighley.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000713) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Keighley had 48,754 usual residents at the census.

## How Keighley compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Keighley | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £157,000 | 11th cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 48,754 | 17th most populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.5% | joint 32nd lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Keighley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Keighley at a rate of 138.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 624 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Keighley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,073), other crime (1,204) and anti-social behaviour (725).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Keighley was 157.4 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 Keighley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Keighley has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Keighley

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bradford 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010707) | 1,831 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.2% |
| [Bradford 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010708) | 1,675 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.7% |
| [Bradford 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010709) | 2,718 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Bradford 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010719) | 1,862 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010727) | 1,708 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| [Bradford 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010728) | 1,894 | 140.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.8% |
| [Bradford 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010729) | 1,723 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| [Bradford 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010700) | 1,644 | 217.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.7% |
| [Bradford 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010701) | 1,505 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010702) | 2,060 | 126.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.5% |
| [Bradford 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010703) | 1,661 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Bradford 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010704) | 1,359 | 142.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.4% |
| [Bradford 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010705) | 1,654 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| [Bradford 008G](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010710) | 2,000 | 744.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 57.8% |
| [Bradford 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010712) | 1,701 | 141.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Bradford 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010720) | 1,522 | 151.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010721) | 1,922 | 177.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010723) | 1,582 | 109.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Bradford 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010724) | 1,386 | 110.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010725) | 1,533 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Bradford 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010711) | 1,535 | 152.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.3% |
| [Bradford 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010713) | 1,567 | 171.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Bradford 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010714) | 1,382 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Bradford 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010716) | 1,990 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.2% |
| [Bradford 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010715) | 1,065 | 101.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010717) | 1,636 | 161.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010718) | 1,515 | 196.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010726) | 1,426 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010859) | 1,837 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Bradford 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010722) | 1,639 | 118.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |

## Your MP

- [Keighley and Ilkley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/keighley-and-ilkley): Robbie Moore (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford)

## Postcode districts covering Keighley

[BD20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd20), [BD21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd21), [BD22](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd22)

## Middle areas in Keighley

[Keighley Central & East](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/keighley-central-and-east), [Keighley Exley Head](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/keighley-exley-head), [Keighley Oakworth Road & West Lane](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/keighley-oakworth-road-and-west-lane), [Keighley South](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/keighley-south), [Keighley Utley](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/keighley-utley), [Riddlesden & East Morton](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/riddlesden-and-east-morton)

## Towns near Keighley

[Bingley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bingley), [Silsden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/silsden), [Baildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baildon), [Shipley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shipley), [Ilkley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ilkley), [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford)

## Keighley in brief

Keighley is a town in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 50,344 people lived in Keighley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £157,000 in 2025 across 556 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 138.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Keighley was £157,000 in 2025.
Keighley had 48,754 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Keighley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Keighley, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000713
- Constituency: [Keighley and Ilkley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/keighley-and-ilkley)
- Council: [Bradford †](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 11.21 km²
- People, mid-2024: 50,344*
- Neighbourhoods: 30
- Output areas: 144

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Bingley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bingley), [Silsden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/silsden), [Baildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baildon), [Shipley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shipley), [Ilkley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ilkley), [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford)

## Latest updates for Keighley

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000713

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/keighley, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/keighley#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/keighley