# WF1

Postcode district covering Wakefield and East Moor, in Wakefield.

WF1 is a postcode district covering Wakefield and East Moor, in Wakefield. Median sale price £215,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 190.9 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WF1. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WF](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £215,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WF1 was £215,000 in 2025. Joint 482nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 39,931** (2021). WF1 had 39,931 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 461st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in WF1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.4%** (January 2026). In WF1, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WF1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in WF1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=WF1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 517 homes were sold in WF1 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WF1) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WF1.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WF1) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WF1 had 39,931 usual residents at the census.

## How WF1 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | WF1 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £215,000 | joint 7th most expensive | 17 postcode districts, WF · 2025 |
| Population | 39,931 | 6th most populated | 17 postcode districts, WF · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 17 postcode districts, WF · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.4% | 2nd lowest | 17 postcode districts, WF · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the WF postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in WF1

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wakefield 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011895) | 1,417 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Wakefield 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011881) | 1,371 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Wakefield 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011887) | 2,572 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.9% |
| [Wakefield 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011896) | 1,520 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Wakefield 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011897) | 1,557 | 134.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Wakefield 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011886) | 2,094 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wakefield 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011815) | 1,465 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.1% |
| [Wakefield 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011884) | 2,741 | 197.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
| [Wakefield 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011912) | 1,886 | 278.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.2% |
| [Wakefield 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011913) | 1,991 | 130.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Wakefield 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01034264) | 1,361 | 962.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 67.3% |
| [Wakefield 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01034265) | 1,214 | 583.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 76.6% |
| [Wakefield 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011923) | 1,654 | 147.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| [Wakefield 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011909) | 1,381 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Wakefield 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011910) | 1,600 | 168.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Wakefield 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011911) | 1,646 | 125.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Wakefield 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011914) | 1,629 | 120.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Wakefield 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011915) | 1,690 | 153.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [Wakefield 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011898) | 1,502 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.2% |
| [Wakefield 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011908) | 2,585 | 162.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.6% |
| [Wakefield 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011917) | 1,779 | 213.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| [Wakefield 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011944) | 1,452 | 206.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |

## Your MP

- [Wakefield and Rothwell](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wakefield-and-rothwell): Simon Lightwood (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 88% of the people here.
- [Ossett and Denby Dale](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ossett-and-denby-dale): Jade Botterill (Labour), MP since July 2024. 9.4% of the people here.
- [Normanton and Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/normanton-and-hemsworth): Jon Trickett (Labour), MP since July 2024. 2.6% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in WF1

[Agbrigg & Belle Isle](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/agbrigg-and-belle-isle), [Eastmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/eastmoor), [Outwood West](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/outwood-west), [Wakefield Central](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/wakefield-central)

## Postcode sectors in WF1

[WF1 1 (153 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1-1), [WF1 2 (283 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1-2), [WF1 3 (240 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1-3), [WF1 4 (265 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1-4), [WF1 5 (237 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1-5), [WF1 9 (78 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1-9)

## Council

[Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)

## Towns in WF1

[Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wakefield)

## Postcode districts next to WF1

[WF2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf2), [WF3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf3), [WF4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf4), [WF6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf6), [WF7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf7)

## Nearest rail stations

[Wakefield Kirkgate (650 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4886,53.6787), [Wakefield Westgate (1.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5061,53.6831), [Sandal and Agbrigg (2.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4814,53.6631), [Outwood (3.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5104,53.7153)

## More in the WF postcode area

[All WF postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 100% of people in WF1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WF1, 90.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WF1
- Postcode area: [WF](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf)
- Constituency: [Wakefield and Rothwell †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wakefield-and-rothwell)
- Council: [Wakefield †](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)
- Area: 20.29 km²
- People, mid-2024: 42,717*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 126

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[WF2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf2), [WF3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf3), [WF6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf6), [WF4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf4), [WF7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf7)

## Latest updates for WF1

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WF1

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf1