Welcome to the data dashboard for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. These dashboards are to help people understand what our data tells us about events, audiences, participants and much more. This is a work-in-progress and does not present the full and complete picture of all events, activity and engagement.
Our Final Evaluation Report, published at the end of 2026, will include final figures and much more detailed evidence of the outcomes and impacts of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
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Audience
3,129,909
Includes in-person & digital events from Jul 2023 – Mar 2026. The spike in Sep 2024 is due to an estimated audience total of over 700,000 for 'A Portrait of Us' outdoor exhibition.
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Source: Bradford 2025
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Events
6,511
An instance with a defined start and end for a public audience. This includes data from Jul 2023 – Mar 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025
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Participants
132,538
Participants are people taking part in or contributing to the programme. This might include taking part in a workshop, performing in a community show, joining a class or taking part in a digital activity. Does not include paid professionals or audience members. This includes data from Jul 2023 – Mar 2026.
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Source: Bradford 2025
You can find out more about Bradford 2025's evaluation and research activities and outputs in our Evaluation strategy (PDF), Open Data Strategy and Story of Change.
The glossary of terms gives a breakdown of what we are describing and what is being evaluated.
For any feedback, please email the Evaluation team at evaluation@bradfordculture.co.uk
Audience
Audience experience
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Positive experience
94.4%
The average percentage of audience surveys which rated overall experience as good or excellent. Based on over 13,000 survey responses, including over 6000 'mini' surveys and over 6000 'long' surveys. This large response sample means we can be at least 95% confident that the true percentage will be no more than 3% higher or lower than this figure. Note: respondents are aged 16+.
Last updated February 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025 Audience Survey
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"This event made me feel proud of my local area"
The audience were asked to rank how much they agreed with the statement on a five point scale. Based on over 13,000 survey responses, including over 6000 'mini' surveys and over 6000 'long' surveys. This large response sample means we can be at least 95% confident that the true percentage will be no more than 3% higher or lower than this figure. Note: respondents are aged 16+. Last updated February 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025 Audience Survey
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"This event had a positive impact on my wellbeing"
The audience were asked to rank how much they agreed with the statement on a five point scale. Based on over 13,000 survey responses, including over 6000 'mini' surveys and over 6000 'long' surveys. This large response sample means we can be at least 95% confident that the true percentage will be no more than 3% higher or lower than this figure. Note: respondents are aged 16+. Last updated February 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025 Audience Survey
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"This event made me feel connected to people in the community"
The audience were asked to rank how much they agreed with the statement on a five point scale. Based on over 13,000 survey responses, including over 6000 'mini' surveys and over 6000 'long' surveys. This large response sample means we can be at least 95% confident that the true percentage will be no more than 3% higher or lower than this figure. Note: respondents are aged 16+. Last updated February 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025 Audience Survey
Audience reach
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Total tickets
234,881
Weekly tickets sold. The overall total includes data from Sep 2024 – Apr 2026.
Source: Spektrix
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Tickets sold across Bradford District
The proportion of all tickets sold across Bradford District split by ward. This only includes tickets where the residence of the lead booker is known to be within Bradford. Numbers have been rounded.
This cartogram displays wards as equal-sized hexagons. This allows us to more easily compare wards rather than have the impression skewed by the physical area.
Hex layout: Open Innovations
Click on the column heading to sort the data (e.g. alphabetically or in size order).
Skip tableWard Proportion Baildon 5.4% Bingley 7.3% Bingley Rural 5.1% Bolton and Undercliffe 2.4% Bowling and Barkerend 1.8% Bradford Moor 0.3% City 4.3% Clayton and Fairweather Green 2.3% Craven 2.4% Eccleshill 1.9% Great Horton 1.5% Heaton 4.7% Idle and Thackley 3.8% Ilkley 4.2% Keighley Central 1% Keighley East 3.2% Keighley West 1.6% Little Horton 0.8% Manningham 1% Queensbury 2% Royds 2.2% Shipley 21.2% Thornton and Allerton 4.1% Toller 1.7% Tong 1.4% Wharfedale 2.7% Wibsey 1.8% Windhill and Wrose 2.6% Worth Valley 3.6% Wyke 1.8% Go to the start of tableThe overall total includes data from Sep 2024 – Apr 2026.
Source: Spektrix
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Audience survey demographics: age
Just over half of respondents were from Bradford District. Additional analysis is required to compare the demographic profile of Bradford survey respondents with the population of Bradford District. Note: respondents are aged 16+. Last updated February 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025 Audience Survey / ONS (2021)
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Audience survey demographics: ethnicity
Just over half of respondents were from Bradford District. Additional analysis is required to compare the demographic profile of Bradford survey respondents with the population of Bradford District. Note: respondents are aged 16+. Last updated February 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025 Audience Survey / ONS Census (2021)
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Audience survey demographics: residence
Note: respondents are aged 16+. Last updated February 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025 Audience Survey / ONS Census (2021)
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Digital audience
19,773
The size of the audience for digital events. The data covers the range from Jan 2025 – Mar 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025
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Where The Beacon audiences and participants came from
All: 1669 dots
Bowling Park (BD4): 741 dots
Cliffe Castle (BD20): 476 dots
Lister Park (BD9): 452 dots
Visitors at The Beacon non-ticketed events were asked to self-identify where they live (by placing a sticky dot on a map) to help identify where visitors had travelled from. Data was not collected at The Beacon's first location (Wibsey Park).
This cartogram displays postcode areas as equal-sized hexagons. This allows us to more easily compare postcode areas rather than have the impression skewed by the physical area.
Hex layout: Open Innovations
Source: Bradford 2025 Evaluation Team
Digital engagement
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Website users
2,689,714
Total users recorded by Google Analytics. The overall total includes data from Jan – Dec 2025.
Source: Google Analytics
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Digital followers
123,687
The total number of followers across social media and email.
Last updated 22 December 2025.
Source: Sprout Social and Spektrix
Events
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Event locations
The number of events by ward.
This cartogram displays wards as equal-sized hexagons. This allows us to more easily compare wards rather than have the impression skewed by the physical area.
Hex layout: Open Innovations
Click on the column heading to sort the data (e.g. alphabetically or in size order).
Skip tableWard Events Baildon 48 Bingley 573 Bingley Rural 80 Bolton and Undercliffe 59 Bowling and Barkerend 404 Bradford Moor 139 City 1583 Clayton and Fairweather Green 79 Craven 15 Eccleshill 134 Great Horton 74 Heaton 184 Idle and Thackley 88 Ilkley 43 Keighley Central 339 Keighley East 87 Keighley West 100 Little Horton 244 Manningham 634 Online 80 Outside Bradford 94 Queensbury 38 Royds 55 Shipley 398 Thornton and Allerton 173 Toller 32 Tong 240 Unknown 26 Wharfedale 18 Wibsey 133 Windhill and Wrose 135 Worth Valley 213 Wyke 56 Go to the start of tableThis dataset does not include partner events. Data as of 30 Apr 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025
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CO2 emissions: The Beacon
95% lower
than a standard diesel generator
At The Beacon events a Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) generator and battery were used and fuel use continuously monitored. This was compared to three counterfactual situations based on the same pattern of use: 1) a HVO generator without a battery; 2) a diesel generator with a battery; 3) a diesel generator without a battery. The fuel used in each scenario was converted to emissions using Greenhouse Gas Conversion factors from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for 2025.
tCO2e = Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (a standard unit used to measure and compare emissions of all greenhouse gases over time and between different businesses or sectors)
Data as of 3 Mar – 11 Oct 2025.
Source: Bradford 2025 / SAIL / Power Saving Solutions
Participants
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Participant types
This includes data from Apr 2024 – Apr 2026.
Source: Bradford 2025
