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On Helmsley Street, in Broomfields & East Bowling
What it's like at BD4 7JY: every home that has sold on Helmsley Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Helmsley Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 22 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Feb 2020 | £60,000 | 76 m² | £789/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Jun 2004 | £48,000 | 70 m² | £686/m² | 2 |
| 9, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Dec 2024 | £77,500 | 91 m² | £852/m² | 3 |
| 11, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Nov 2011 | £20,000 | 93 m² | £215/m² | 1 |
| 13, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Oct 2011 | £50,000 | 79 m² | £633/m² | 1 |
| 15, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Aug 2010 | £66,500 | 79 m² | £842/m² | 1 |
| 19, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Mar 2016 | £65,000 | 77 m² | £844/m² | 3 |
| 21, Helmsley StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2023 | £90,000 | 99 m² | £909/m² | 3 |
| 23, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Sept 2024 | £60,000 | 85 m² | £706/m² | 2 |
| 25, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Oct 1996 | £35,000 | 77 m² | £455/m² | 3 |
| 27, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Oct 2006 | £70,200 | 75 m² | £936/m² | 1 |
| 31, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Jan 2005 | £54,000 | 74 m² | £730/m² | 2 |
| 33, Helmsley StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £72,000 | 75 m² | £960/m² | 1 |
| 35, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Nov 2011 | £48,500 | 87 m² | £557/m² | 1 |
| 37, Helmsley StreetDetached | Feb 2013 | £50,000 | 85 m² | £588/m² | 1 |
| 39, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Aug 2003 | £31,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Mar 2022 | £87,000 | 67 m² | £1,299/m² | 2 |
| 43, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Nov 2004 | £55,000 | 73 m² | £753/m² | 2 |
| 45, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Feb 2007 | £81,000 | 75 m² | £1,080/m² | 1 |
| 47, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Jan 2003 | £31,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Nov 2022 | £79,950 | 74 m² | £1,080/m² | 1 |
| 51, Helmsley StreetTerraced | Dec 2004 | £23,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bradford Interchange, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 2.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Brassey Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (route 635); 44 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
51% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Bradford Academy, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); Attainment 8: 33.1 · 3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The closest top-rated primary is Dixons Music Primary (1.3 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Bradford Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 33.1 · 3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Carlton Bolling (1.2 km) and Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy (2.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The North Halifax Grammar School (9.9 km) and Heckmondwike Grammar School (10 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 1.2 km away, with GSC Your Local Food Store closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bowling Hall Med Practice (1.2 km), with Blackstone Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, xanadu 1816 is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 4.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 24 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Staceys Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Leicester Street Community Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 363 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 52% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Bowling Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Bowling Pool (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 18.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 10 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 60 km.
26 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Bradford East constituency: Imran Hussain MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,189 (16.6%), turnout 50%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Independent 21%, Reform UK 13%, Conservative 9%.
20 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BD4 7JY →
Most households own their home, 35% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Bradford, 1.9 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bradford since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 19 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.5% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.1% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Formby · about 78 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.