WF14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Mirfield, Crossley Hill and Towngate, in Kirklees.
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 WF14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF14, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF14 at a rate of 81.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 131 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (678), other crime (299) and anti-social behaviour (264).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF14 was 76.5 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 WF14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF14 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 020A | 1,545 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Kirklees 020B | 1,564 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.6% |
| Kirklees 020C | 1,541 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Kirklees 020D | 1,642 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| Kirklees 021A | 1,493 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| Kirklees 021B | 1,580 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Kirklees 021C | 1,789 | 120.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 021D | 1,687 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 026A | 1,567 | 109.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Kirklees 026B | 1,536 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Kirklees 026C | 1,517 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.9% |
| Kirklees 026D | 2,311 | 129.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.2% |
MPs for WF14
- Kim LeadbeaterLabourMP for Spen Valley98% of WF14’s postcodes
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley1.7% of WF14’s postcodes
- Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourMP for Calder Valley0.3% of WF14’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 WF143
Postcode sectors in WF143
Council1
Towns in WF141
Postcode districts next to WF146
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF14 in brief
WF14 is a postcode district covering Mirfield, Crossley Hill and Towngate, in Kirklees.
About 20,568 people lived in WF14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 323 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF14 was £245,000 in 2025.
WF14 had 20,177 usual residents at the census.
In WF14, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF14, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.