WF15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Liversedge, Mill Bridge and Norristhorpe, 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 WF15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF15, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF15 at a rate of 84.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 116 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (649), other crime (239) and anti-social behaviour (173).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF15 was 92.0 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 WF15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF15 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 008B | 1,573 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| Kirklees 008C | 1,809 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 008D | 1,691 | 143.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.8% |
| Kirklees 009B | 1,536 | 104.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Kirklees 009C | 1,412 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.5% |
| Kirklees 009D | 1,780 | 205.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| Kirklees 015A | 1,509 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Kirklees 015B | 1,953 | 195.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.1% |
| Kirklees 015C | 1,719 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Kirklees 015D | 1,320 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.8% |
| Kirklees 015E | 1,477 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |
MPs for WF15
- Kim LeadbeaterLabourMP for Spen Valley99% of WF15’s postcodes
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley0.6% of WF15’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 WF153
Postcode sectors in WF153
Council1
Towns in WF151
Postcode districts next to WF155
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF15 in brief
WF15 is a postcode district covering Liversedge, Mill Bridge and Norristhorpe, in Kirklees.
About 17,517 people lived in WF15 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 233 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF15 was £215,000 in 2025.
WF15 had 17,363 usual residents at the census.
In WF15, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF15, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.