Wakefield
Wakefield has 353,368 residents in 153,075 households (Census 2021); 17% are aged 15–29 and 37% of households rent their home. Over the past two years homes sold for a median of £205,000, from £155,000 in Castleford Central & Glasshoughton to £285,000 in Wakefield South.
Six maps of Wakefield.
Every dot is a residential postcode. Each map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, Aug 2026 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · © OpenStreetMap contributors · English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG · data.police.uk · Ofcom Connected Nations 2025
All 21 wards at a glance.
Colour shows where each ward sits among Wakefield's wards for that measure, from lowest to highest. Select a ward for its full report.
| Ward | Median price | Green 500 m | Services 15 min | Aged 15–29 | Owner-occupied | Flats | Nearest tram or rail | Gigabit | Crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton | £208k | 14% | 26 | 16% | 72% | 4% | 2.6 km | 81% | 73 |
| Airedale & Ferry Fryston | £185k | 18% | 58 | 17% | 56% | 5% | 2.3 km | 99% | 132 |
| Altofts & Whitwood | £220k | 19% | 51 | 18% | 72% | 4% | 1.3 km | 91% | 85 |
| Castleford Central & Glasshoughton | £155k | 15% | 158 | 18% | 61% | 12% | 651 m | 92% | 202 |
| Crofton, Ryhill & Walton | £228k | 18% | 28 | 15% | 72% | 3% | 2.7 km | 87% | 62 |
| Featherstone | £177k | 17% | 47 | 17% | 60% | 5% | 905 m | 90% | 125 |
| Hemsworth | £175k | 14% | 61 | 17% | 58% | 5% | 2.6 km | 91% | 126 |
| Horbury & South Ossett | £213k | 14% | 76 | 15% | 69% | 7% | 3.2 km | 95% | 76 |
| Knottingley & Ferrybridge | £186k | 14% | 56 | 17% | 57% | 12% | 942 m | 90% | 149 |
| Normanton | £180k | 15% | 83 | 18% | 59% | 9% | 1.2 km | 90% | 107 |
| Ossett | £210k | 10% | 109 | 15% | 67% | 9% | 3.6 km | 96% | 79 |
| Pontefract North | £215k | 17% | 147 | 18% | 63% | 13% | 584 m | 77% | 164 |
| Pontefract South | £220k | 11% | 81 | 15% | 67% | 7% | 1.2 km | 84% | 79 |
| South Elmsall & South Kirkby | £165k | 21% | 68 | 18% | 57% | 5% | 765 m | 96% | 119 |
| Stanley & Outwood East | £244k | 14% | 44 | 16% | 74% | 7% | 2.0 km | 96% | 94 |
| Wakefield East | £193k | 16% | 228 | 20% | 42% | 28% | 928 m | 93% | 143 |
| Wakefield North | £165k | 9% | 305 | 20% | 47% | 24% | 637 m | 82% | 247 |
| Wakefield Rural | £245k | 17% | 22 | 15% | 77% | 3% | 2.7 km | 88% | 72 |
| Wakefield South | £285k | 13% | 59 | 16% | 60% | 13% | 1.0 km | 94% | 144 |
| Wakefield West | £201k | 16% | 80 | 17% | 49% | 14% | 1.1 km | 98% | 168 |
| Wrenthorpe & Outwood West | £255k | 13% | 60 | 15% | 75% | 4% | 1.7 km | 97% | 92 |
Sources: Census 2021 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors · data.police.uk
Prices.
Quarterly median of all standard residential sales in Wakefield. The latest quarter is still being registered.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026
Safety.
Police recorded 42,896 crimes and incidents in Wakefield in the 12 months to Aug 2026, 121 per 1,000 residents.
Police.uk records crimes by approximate location, not by where victims or offenders live. Busy streets, shops, stations and nightlife record more. Figures are counts, not a measure of personal risk.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, West Yorkshire Police (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Road safety.
Injury collisions reported to the police in Wakefield each year, 2021–2025: 859 of them with a serious or fatal injury.
Counts include only collisions involving personal injury that were reported to the police. Most happen on main roads and at junctions, so a count near a postcode reflects the traffic passing through, not the risk of any one journey.
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Food hygiene.
Food businesses in Wakefield with a published hygiene rating.
Council food safety officers rate businesses from 0 (urgent improvement necessary) to 5 (very good) for hygiene, the state of the premises and how food safety is managed. A rating reflects the standards found on the day of inspection, not the quality of the food.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating data as of 26 October 2026 (Open Government Licence)
Broadband.
Share of homes in Wakefield that can get each type of fixed broadband, July 2025.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, fixed broadband coverage of residential premises, July 2025. © Ofcom copyright
Deprivation, in context.
37 of Wakefield's 215 neighbourhoods are in the most deprived tenth of England on the 2025 index.
The English Indices of Deprivation rank 33,755 small areas from 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived). They describe areas relative to each other, not every household in them.
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG
Wards of Wakefield.
Every ward has its own page with all of its postcodes.