Bradford-on-Avon
TownTown in Wiltshire, South West.
Bradford-on-Avon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bradford-on-Avon add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Bradford-on-Avon, 78.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Bradford-on-Avon compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bradford-on-Avon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bradford-on-Avon at a rate of 52.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across South West.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bradford-on-Avon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (197), other crime (110) and anti-social behaviour (98).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bradford-on-Avon was 54.5 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in Bradford-on-Avon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bradford-on-Avon has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Bradford-on-Avon
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire 027A | 1,737 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.2% |
| Wiltshire 027B | 1,566 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| Wiltshire 027C | 1,502 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.2% |
| Wiltshire 027D | 1,692 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.0% |
| Wiltshire 027E | 1,581 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.9% |
| Wiltshire 027G | 1,144 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 29.5% |
| Wiltshire 027H | 1,184 | 109.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.1% |
Your MP
- Brian MathewLiberal DemocratMP for Melksham and Devizes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Bradford-on-Avon1
Middle areas in Bradford-on-Avon1
Towns near Bradford-on-Avon6
Bradford-on-Avon in brief
Bradford-on-Avon is a town in Wiltshire, South West.
About 10,018 people lived in Bradford-on-Avon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,000 in 2025 across 151 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bradford-on-Avon was £385,000 in 2025.
Bradford-on-Avon had 9,864 usual residents at the census.
In Bradford-on-Avon, 78.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Bradford-on-Avon, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.