Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 2,960 people, lies in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Crime runs high (D−): 68.5 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 25.8 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 99%. Denholme grades C− overall, better than 19% of UK towns. Its place in the ranking is #81 of 91 in West Yorkshire. It lags on schools as well (D): primary results beat 29% of towns in England; secondary results beat 2% of towns in England. Prices are modest for what you get: a typical home costs £175,000 and rent runs £745 a month.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
The 3 things Denholme 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 Denholme is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Denholme’s built-up area.
32% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Denholme.
Police recorded 345 crimes inside Denholme’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 32 reports of anti-social behaviour. There were 13.3 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above both West Yorkshire’s towns (6.8) and England’s towns (7.8). Violence and sexual offences were 51% 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.
There is one school here; it is shown below. Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 36.4, and 22% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. 207 pupils attend Denholme’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denholme Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 207 | C |
Owners make up 66% of households, higher than both West Yorkshire’s towns (61%) and England’s towns (61%). 144 standard sales inside Denholme’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £175,000. Council and housing-body homes hold 16% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £265,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £195,000 | 47 |
| Terraced | £115,000 | 67 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 22% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
22% of workers did their job mainly from home at the census, and at the census, 11% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below West Yorkshire’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (27%) alike. Driving is how 85% of commuters got to work at the census. About 3% of its commuters stay in Denholme for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Seeing a GP means leaving Denholme: the nearest practice is 1.9 miles away. 19% of residents have a disability, above both West Yorkshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Denholme is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 4.2 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Denholme | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6% | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II covers all 4 listed buildings that Historic England records here. Denholme has 14 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, below both West Yorkshire’s towns (25) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Line up the people of Denholme by age and the one in the middle is 40.7. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of the population. Over-65s are 17% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Denholme | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.3% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 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 Denholme. Best known first.
MuseumBronte Parsonage Museum4.4 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumEngine Shed3.4 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionSt Ives Estate4.7 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denholme | 2,960 | — | C− | A− | D− | C+ |
| Cullingworth | 3,096 | 1.6 | C | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Wilsden | 3,749 | 1.9 | B | B | B− | B− |
| Thornton | 5,410 | 2.1 | C | A | D | C− |
| Oxenhope | 1,898 | 2.3 | — | B | B− | B |
| Haworth | 5,680 | 2.9 | B− | A− | C− | B− |
| Harden | 1,602 | 3 | — | B− | B+ | B |
| Queensbury | 9,707 | 3.2 | C+ | A− | C− | C− |
Oxenhope and Harden have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Bradford council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £175,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £115,000, semi-detached houses £195,000 and detached houses £265,000.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Denholme is a built-up area of 2,960 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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