# Shipley

Town in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Shipley is a town in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £197,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 120.2 per 1,000 people. About 29,747 people.

Town. Code E63000751. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford)

Shipley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Shipley 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: £197,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Shipley was £197,500 in 2025. 223rd 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/shipley#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 29,228** (2021). Shipley had 29,228 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 379th 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/shipley#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Shipley 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/shipley#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.0%** (January 2026). In Shipley, 95.0% 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/shipley#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000751) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Shipley 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=E63000751) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 407 homes were sold in Shipley in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000751) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Shipley.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000751) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Shipley had 29,228 usual residents at the census.

## How Shipley compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Shipley | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £197,500 | 52nd cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 29,228 | 27th 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 | 95.0% | 38th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Shipley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shipley at a rate of 120.2 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, 329 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shipley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,471), other crime (604) and anti-social behaviour (386).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Shipley was 137.1 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 Shipley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Shipley has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Shipley

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bradford 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010784) | 1,579 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| [Bradford 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010785) | 1,569 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.4% |
| [Bradford 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010786) | 1,587 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| [Bradford 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010790) | 1,601 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| [Bradford 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010782) | 2,226 | 239.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.1% |
| [Bradford 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010787) | 1,563 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010788) | 1,393 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| [Bradford 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01033689) | 1,249 | 484.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.5% |
| [Bradford 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01033694) | 1,060 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| [Bradford 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010776) | 1,610 | 135.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| [Bradford 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010777) | 1,472 | 215.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.4% |
| [Bradford 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010779) | 1,609 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| [Bradford 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010781) | 1,475 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% |
| [Bradford 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010783) | 1,572 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 024D](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010775) | 1,778 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 024E](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010778) | 2,039 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Bradford 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010789) | 1,835 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Bradford 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/neighbourhood/e01010791) | 1,832 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |

## Your MP

- [Shipley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/shipley): Anna Dixon (Labour), 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 Shipley

[BD18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd18)

## Middle areas in Shipley

[Frizinghall & Heaton Grove](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/frizinghall-and-heaton-grove), [Saltaire & Baildon West](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/saltaire-and-baildon-west), [Shipley Town](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/shipley-town), [Windhill](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford/windhill)

## Towns near Shipley

[Bingley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bingley), [Baildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baildon), [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford), [Guiseley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/guiseley), [Yeadon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yeadon), [Pudsey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pudsey)

## Shipley in brief

Shipley is a town in Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 29,747 people lived in Shipley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £197,500 in 2025 across 407 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 120.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Shipley was £197,500 in 2025.
Shipley had 29,228 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Shipley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shipley, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000751
- Constituency: [Shipley †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/shipley)
- 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: 5.76 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,747*
- Neighbourhoods: 18
- Output areas: 95

* 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

[Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bradford), [Baildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/baildon), [Bingley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bingley), [Guiseley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/guiseley), [Yeadon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yeadon), [Pudsey](https://openindex.co.uk/town/pudsey)

## Latest updates for Shipley

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000751

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/shipley