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A town in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, home to 8,392 people. Mortgage-free owners make up 43% of households.
Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Prices are modest for what you get: the median home sold for £235,000, 5.2 years of area income. Safety lags (C): police record 30.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 11.6 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 70%. Hazard risk is higher than most: 1.7% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The overall grade comes out at B, #33 of 91 in West Yorkshire. Nationally, it does better than 59% of UK towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools, C+ for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · flood risk, Environment Agency · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Silsden 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 Silsden is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Silsden’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
27% 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 Silsden.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% of the town. Silsden has a median age of 47.6 years. Degrees are held by a third of adults, about level with England’s towns (34%) and above West Yorkshire’s towns (30%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Silsden | West Yorkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.3% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · West Yorkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Attainment 8 at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km averages 44.6, and 42% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Its only school is listed below. At the 4 primary schools within 3 km, nearly two thirds of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silsden Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 634 | B− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list names 31 listed buildings in Silsden: 2 Grade II*. Conservation areas cover just over a tenth of the town’s land, between West Yorkshire’s towns (96%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
80% of commuters drove, above West Yorkshire’s towns (74%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. For 34% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Of the commuters living in Silsden, 13% work in the town itself. The average household earns £46K a year before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 471 recorded crimes inside Silsden’s built-up area, and 89 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 56% of recorded crime. There were 6.4 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below West Yorkshire’s towns (7.1) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
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.
Social housing holds 6% of households. The £235,000 median rests on 479 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 | £350,000 | 108 |
| Semi-detached | £266,000 | 139 |
| Terraced | £182,250 | 204 |
| Flat or maisonette | £127,250 | 28 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Women here live to 82.4 on average and men to 79.5 (2019–23). Seeing a GP means leaving Silsden: the nearest practice is 3.2 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.9% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Silsden | West Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.9% | 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.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Silsden. Best known first.
CastleCliffe Castle3.5 km outside town, to the south · 65K visitors a year
Historic house · National TrustEast Riddlesden Hall4.7 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumKeighley Bus Museum4.9 km outside town, to the southeastAttractionAttractionDoubler Stones2 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
31 listed buildings in Silsden.
18-26, Bradley Road: Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Leeds and Liverpool Canal Aqueduct over Hainsworth Road and Silsden Beck: Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Photo: Tim Green · CC BY 2.0 · Church of St James the Great: Photo: Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0
7 notable people were born in Silsden.
Dougie Lampkin: Juan Fernández, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Martin Lampkin: Peprovira, CC BY 3.0 · Jack Reed: Gerard Barrau, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silsden | 8,392 | — | B | B | C | C+ |
| Steeton | 5,019 | 1.4 | B+ | B | D | B |
| Cross Hills | 4,809 | 2.3 | B | B− | B | B− |
| Sutton-in-Craven | 2,719 | 2.5 | B− | B | B− | C+ |
| Low Bradley | 1,203 | 2.7 | — | C− | A+ | B− |
| Addingham | 3,247 | 3 | A | C− | A− | A+ |
| Keighley | 48,754 | 3.5 | D | A | D− | D |
| East Morton | 1,227 | 4.5 | — | B | A | B+ |
Low Bradley 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.
That is 1.5 times the typical UK town for its size.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in West Yorkshire, England
Silsden is a built-up area of 8,392 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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