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BD8

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Bradford, Manningham and Girlington, 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 BD8 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in BD8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£133,500
52nd cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
34,358
687th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How BD8 compares

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

BD8Middle
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. BD8 is £133,500.
£133,5005th cheapest
Population24 postcode districts, BD · 2021
Population: every postcode district in BD24 areas from 5,233 to 37,946. The middle area is 28,187. BD8 is 34,358.
34,3584th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 postcode districts, BD · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in BD24 areas from 66.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. BD8 is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
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%. BD8 is 97.5%.
97.5%joint 5th highest

Is BD8 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BD8 at a rate of 119.2 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 337 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BD8.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,947), other crime (768) and criminal damage and arson (332).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BD8 was 126.3 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 BD8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BD8 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 13 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in BD8

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bradford 034B2,103224.6 per 1,000199.2%
Bradford 034C1,918218.9 per 1,000195.1%
Bradford 034D1,88294.8 per 1,000199.8%
Bradford 034E1,83587.2 per 1,000197.8%
Bradford 037A1,916112.7 per 1,0001100.0%
Bradford 037B2,22068.1 per 1,000297.5%
Bradford 037C2,24947.4 per 1,000199.8%
Bradford 037D1,906133.3 per 1,000199.2%
Bradford 040A1,857143.8 per 1,000299.7%
Bradford 040B2,30986.5 per 1,000390.2%
Bradford 040C1,94180.5 per 1,000299.7%
Bradford 040D1,591123.6 per 1,0001100.0%
Bradford 040E1,536142.4 per 1,0001100.0%
Bradford 041B2,07485.6 per 1,000199.7%
Bradford 041D2,04582.5 per 1,000199.8%
Bradford 064A2,833428.5 per 1,000185.7%
Bradford 065A2,304151.7 per 1,000191.7%

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Nearest rail stations4

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BD8 in brief

BD8 is a postcode district covering Bradford, Manningham and Girlington, in Bradford.

About 36,154 people lived in BD8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £133,500 in 2025 across 144 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 119.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in BD8 was £133,500 in 2025.

BD8 had 34,358 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in BD8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In BD8, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.