WF1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wakefield and East Moor, in Wakefield.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WF1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF1, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF1 at a rate of 190.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 728 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,319), other crime (1,525) and shoplifting (814).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF1 was 198.1 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 WF1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF1 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield 006D | 1,417 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 008A | 1,371 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 008B | 2,572 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.9% |
| Wakefield 008D | 1,520 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 008E | 1,557 | 134.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 014B | 2,094 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 016C | 1,465 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.1% |
| Wakefield 017A | 2,741 | 197.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
| Wakefield 017B | 1,886 | 278.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.2% |
| Wakefield 017C | 1,991 | 130.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Wakefield 017E | 1,361 | 962.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 67.3% |
| Wakefield 017F | 1,214 | 583.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 76.6% |
| Wakefield 019B | 1,654 | 147.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| Wakefield 020A | 1,381 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 020B | 1,600 | 168.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 020C | 1,646 | 125.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Wakefield 020D | 1,629 | 120.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 020E | 1,690 | 153.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Wakefield 030A | 1,502 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.2% |
| Wakefield 030C | 2,585 | 162.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.6% |
| Wakefield 030D | 1,779 | 213.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| Wakefield 030E | 1,452 | 206.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
MPs for WF1
- Simon LightwoodLabour (Co-op)MP for Wakefield and Rothwell88% of WF1’s postcodes
- Jade BotterillLabourMP for Ossett and Denby Dale9.4% of WF1’s postcodes
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth2.6% of WF1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in WF14
Postcode sectors in WF16
Council1
Towns in WF11
Postcode districts next to WF15
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF1 in brief
WF1 is a postcode district covering Wakefield and East Moor, in Wakefield.
About 42,717 people lived in WF1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 517 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 190.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF1 was £215,000 in 2025.
WF1 had 39,931 usual residents at the census.
In WF1, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF1, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.