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Eccleshill
Bradford 026 · 5 sub-areas · 8,285 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Investors / BTL (69/100)Watch-out: Families (52/100)Liveability 82/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood
Eccleshill is a commuter neighbourhood within Bradford — train into Leeds runs in around 45 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it.
Liveability
82/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Eccleshill?
A snapshot of Eccleshill
2 parks and 3 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £737 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Eccleshill in Bradford
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Eccleshill?
- The median monthly rent across Eccleshill is £737.
- How safe is Eccleshill?
- Eccleshill has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Eccleshill?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 30 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Eccleshill?
- There are 18 schools within 2 km of Eccleshill, of which 38% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1055 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Eccleshill?
- The most common council tax band in Eccleshill is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,780. Council tax is set by Bradford council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Eccleshill to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Eccleshill to central London is approximately 169 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Eccleshill?
- 100% of premises in Eccleshill are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Eccleshill?
- Eccleshill sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Eccleshill?
- 60% of households in Eccleshill are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Eccleshill?
- The average property price across Bradford (the local authority covering Eccleshill) is approximately £187,388, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Eccleshill a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.36 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £28,424.)
- Which local areas are part of Eccleshill?
- Eccleshill contains 5 local areas: Bradford 026B, Bradford 026E, Bradford 026A, Bradford 026C, Bradford 026D.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Eccleshill
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Eccleshill?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Eccleshill is £737. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Eccleshill a safe place to live?
- Eccleshill has a safety score of 24/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Eccleshill?
- 38% of schools within 2 km of Eccleshill are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Eccleshill?
- Public-transport commute time from Eccleshill to central London is approximately 169 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Eccleshill different from the rest of Bradford?
- Eccleshill contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Eccleshill rank in Bradford?
- Eccleshill scores 82/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Bradford, see the Cities table on the Bradford page.
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