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This large town in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber has a population of 21,334.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Bingley’s overall grade, B+, puts it better than 72% of UK towns. The ranking puts it #19 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Its schools beat most: primary results beat 84% of towns in England; secondary results beat 68% of towns in England. Police record more crime here than in most towns (C−): 37 violent and sexual offences and 14.6 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set beside UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 64%. Homes sell for a median £210,000, about 4.6 years of what households in the Bradford council area earn. Hazard risk is higher than most (C): 1% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS.
The thing Bingley does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Bingley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 59 buildings inside Bingley’s built-up area, 5 of them Grade II*.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Bingley. Best known first.
CastleCliffe Castle4 km outside town, to the northwest · 65K visitors a year
Historic house · National TrustEast Riddlesden Hall2 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumBracken Hall Countryside Centre600 m outside town, to the east
Art galleryCartwright Hall Art Gallery3.4 km outside town, to the southeast
MuseumThe Peace Museum1.7 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bingley.
Bingley’s six primaries and two secondaries have 5,285 pupils between them. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy’s results beat 90% of schools in England like it. GCSE results at the town’s 2 secondary schools: just over half of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 48.2. Of its 9 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldwick Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 517 | B+ |
| Bingley Grammar SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,985 | B− |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 153 | A |
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Bingley logged 1,551 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 220 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violence and sexual offences made up nearly half of the total. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 10.1 reports per 1,000, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (6.8) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 35% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 77% of commuters went by car. Of the commuters living in Bingley, 15% work in the town itself. Jobs per working resident: 0.5.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Residents of Bingley have a median age of 45.8. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). 16% of residents are children under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bingley | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 37% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
11% live in social housing, below West Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The £210,000 median rests on 1,042 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £745 a month across the Bradford council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £409,750 | 168 |
| Semi-detached | £242,000 | 353 |
| Terraced | £188,000 | 342 |
| Flat or maisonette | £122,500 | 179 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 5 of them. Conservation areas cover 7% of Bingley’s land, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (96%) and England’s towns (7%). Homes from before 1919 make up 19% of the total.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
3 GP practices serve the town; 85% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Bingley is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 3.2 miles away. Also worth knowing: life expectancy here is 84 for women and 79.5 for men (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Bingley | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.3% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
59 listed buildings in Bingley.
Ireland Bridge: Photo: Unknown photographer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Leeds and Liverpool Canal Three Rise Locks with Overflow Channel: Photo: Unknown photographer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Old Railway Shed Depot, Approximately 30 Metres South East of New Fire Station: Photo: Stephen Armstrong · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bingley Independent Methodist Church: Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0
27 notable people were born in Bingley.
Rodney Bewes: Copyright claimant: Jason Hobbs, CC BY-SA 4.0 · F. W. Walbank: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW), CC BY 3.0 · Ian Hutchinson: Agljones at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rob Jebb: DeLarge, CC BY 3.0 · Kate Dearden: ©House of Commons / Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingley | 21,334 | — | B+ | B+ | C− | C+ |
| Harden | 1,602 | 1.8 | — | B− | B+ | B |
| East Morton | 1,227 | 2 | — | B | A | B+ |
| Wilsden | 3,749 | 2.4 | B | B | B− | B− |
| Shipley | 29,228 | 2.4 | C+ | A− | D− | D |
| Baildon | 17,056 | 2.4 | B− | B− | C− | B− |
| Cullingworth | 3,096 | 3.2 | C | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Keighley | 48,754 | 3.5 | D | A | D− | D |
Harden and East Morton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Secondary results beat 68%.
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C−.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Large town in West Yorkshire, England
Bingley is a built-up area of 21,334 people, in the Bradford council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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