WF10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Castleford, Glass Houghton and Airedale, in Wakefield and Leeds.
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 WF10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF10, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF10 at a rate of 140.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 635 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,758), other crime (1,464) and anti-social behaviour (994).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF10 was 140.3 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 WF10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF10 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 088B | 2,838 | 70.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| Leeds 103A | 1,600 | 115.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| Leeds 103B | 1,496 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 001A | 1,599 | 179.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 001B | 1,405 | 109.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 001C | 1,679 | 289.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Wakefield 001D | 1,748 | 103.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Wakefield 001E | 2,519 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Wakefield 002A | 1,672 | 175.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Wakefield 002B | 1,426 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 002C | 1,385 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Wakefield 002E | 1,520 | 260.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.2% |
| Wakefield 002F | 1,423 | 159.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.2% |
| Wakefield 002G | 1,242 | 460.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| Wakefield 003A | 1,407 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 003B | 1,609 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Wakefield 003C | 1,707 | 133.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 003D | 1,640 | 174.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Wakefield 003E | 1,538 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 004A | 2,369 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Wakefield 004B | 2,014 | 111.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Wakefield 004C | 2,198 | 146.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| Wakefield 004D | 1,426 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 004E | 1,749 | 131.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Wakefield 005A | 1,534 | 116.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.6% |
| Wakefield 005C | 1,296 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 005D | 1,555 | 152.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Wakefield 005E | 1,360 | 119.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| Wakefield 005F | 1,524 | 489.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.0% |
| Wakefield 024G | 1,654 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 024H | 1,391 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
MPs for WF10
- Yvette CooperLabourMP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley90% of WF10’s postcodes
- Keir MatherLabourMP for Selby10% of WF10’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 WF105
Postcode sectors in WF106
Councils WF10 covers2
Towns in WF101
Postcode districts next to WF106
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF10 in brief
WF10 is a postcode district covering Castleford, Glass Houghton and Airedale, in Wakefield and Leeds.
About 54,064 people lived in WF10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 682 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 140.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF10 was £190,000 in 2025.
WF10 had 51,717 usual residents at the census.
In WF10, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF10, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.