// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Bradford?
Bradford, United Kingdom, scores 56.8% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #27 of 75 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
56.8%
Rank
#27 / 75
Criteria present
45 / 86
Evidence coverage
60.5%
Bradford's smart city score by area
9 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
6 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
9 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 3 not assessed
8 present · 1 partial · 3 absent · 1 not assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
3 present · 1 partial · 4 absent · 6 not assessed
Where Bradford is strong
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
Where the gaps are
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council operates an ArcGIS Hub, which serves as an official open data portal for spatial data.
https://spatialdata-cbmdc.hub.arcgis.com/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Transport data for Bradford is available through the Department for Transport, and the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council provides spatial data.
https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/local-authorities/103Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council provides programmatic API access for its spatial data.
https://spatialdata-cbmdc.hub.arcgis.com/pages/apiAir Quality & Monitoring · Air-quality monitoring network
Bradford has air quality monitoring, with information available on the Bradford Council website and site-specific data on the UK-AIR Defra platform.
https://www.bradford.gov.uk/breathe-better-bradford/air-quality/air-quality-monitoring-in-bradford/About this assessment
Bradford was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-06-30 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found — see how smart cities are measured. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.