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Walking, cycling and public transport carry 13% of commuters. This town in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber has a population of 3,096.
Crime is the sore point (C−): 37.6 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 12.3 home and vehicle crimes. Only nearly a fifth of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have more crime per resident. A median £279,995 buys a home here, 6.1 times what households in the Bradford council area earn in a year. Hazard risk is weaker too: 2.9% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. The overall grade comes out at C, #76 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Nationally, it does better than 27% of UK towns. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health, B− for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Cullingworth 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 Cullingworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 17 buildings inside Cullingworth’s built-up area.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1909.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cullingworth.
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 3.1 reports per 1,000, lower than both West Yorkshire’s towns (7.1) and England’s towns (7.8). 231 crimes and 15 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Cullingworth’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences were 63% of the crimes.
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.
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 36.4, with 22% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Both of the town’s schools appear below. Cullingworth’s one primary and one secondary have 1,372 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cullingworth Village Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 311 | B+ |
| Parkside SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,061 | D |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (16%). Per 10,000 residents, Cullingworth counts 55 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
85% of commuters drove, higher than both West Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%). There are 0.5 jobs in Cullingworth for each resident in work. Of the commuters living here, 7% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Men in Cullingworth can expect to live to 81.9, women to 84.9 (2019–23). 83% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above West Yorkshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. There is no GP practice here: the nearest is 1.5 miles off.
| Census 2021 | Cullingworth | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Private renters make up 14% of households, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%). Just over one in ten households live in social housing. The £279,995 median rests on 176 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £364,995 | 61 |
| Semi-detached | £259,995 | 50 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 61 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents. The middle age in Cullingworth is 45. Children under 15 make up 18%, below West Yorkshire’s towns (19%) and close to England’s towns (18%).
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
| Cullingworth | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Cullingworth. Best known first.
MuseumBronte Parsonage Museum3.5 km outside town, to the west
CastleCliffe Castle4.9 km outside town, to the north · 65K visitors a year
Historic house · National TrustEast Riddlesden Hall4.8 km outside town, to the north
MuseumMuseum of Rail Travel2.8 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumKeighley Bus Museum3.9 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionSt Ives Estate2.3 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
17 listed buildings in Cullingworth.
Church of St John: Photo: Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wesleyan Methodist Chapel: Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullingworth | 3,096 | — | C | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Wilsden | 3,749 | 1.4 | B | B | B− | B− |
| Denholme | 2,960 | 1.6 | C− | A− | D− | C+ |
| Harden | 1,602 | 1.6 | — | B− | B+ | B |
| Haworth | 5,680 | 2.1 | B− | A− | C− | B− |
| Oxenhope | 1,898 | 2.5 | — | B | B− | B |
| Oakworth | 3,688 | 2.7 | C+ | A− | C+ | C+ |
| Keighley | 48,754 | 2.9 | D | A | D− | D |
Harden and Oxenhope have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.3 times the typical UK town for its size.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Cullingworth has 2 state schools; places are handled by Bradford council.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Cullingworth is a built-up area of 3,096 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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