BD18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shipley and Moorhead, 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 BD18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in BD18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BD18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BD18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BD18 at a rate of 117.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.6 per 1,000 people across the BD postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 294 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BD18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,421), other crime (576) and anti-social behaviour (368).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BD18 was 138.2 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 BD18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BD18 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
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BD18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford 018C | 1,579 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Bradford 018D | 1,569 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.4% |
| Bradford 018E | 1,587 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Bradford 018F | 1,601 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Bradford 020B | 2,226 | 239.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.1% |
| Bradford 020C | 1,563 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Bradford 020D | 1,393 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Bradford 020E | 1,249 | 484.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.5% |
| Bradford 020F | 1,060 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| Bradford 021A | 1,610 | 135.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Bradford 021B | 1,472 | 215.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.4% |
| Bradford 021C | 1,609 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| Bradford 021D | 1,475 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% |
| Bradford 021E | 1,572 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Bradford 024D | 1,778 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Bradford 024E | 2,039 | 109.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Bradford 025A | 1,835 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Bradford 025B | 1,832 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
MPs for BD18
- Anna DixonLabourMP for Shipley89% of BD18’s postcodes
- Naz ShahLabourMP for Bradford West8.2% of BD18’s postcodes
- Imran HussainLabourMP for Bradford East2.6% of BD18’s postcodes
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 BD184
Postcode sectors in BD185
Council1
Towns in BD181
Postcode districts next to BD185
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BD postcode area2
BD18 in brief
BD18 is a postcode district covering Shipley and Moorhead, in Bradford.
About 28,326 people lived in BD18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £199,000 in 2025 across 381 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 117.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BD18 was £199,000 in 2025.
BD18 had 27,912 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BD18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BD18, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.