WF17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Batley and Mount Pleasant, 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 WF17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF17, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF17 at a rate of 112.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 495 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,036), other crime (870) and anti-social behaviour (739).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF17 was 104.0 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 WF17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF17 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 002A | 1,652 | 158.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Kirklees 002B | 1,730 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Kirklees 002C | 1,462 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.6% |
| Kirklees 002D | 1,616 | 136.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| Kirklees 002E | 1,394 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Kirklees 002F | 1,817 | 157.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 006A | 1,310 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Kirklees 006B | 1,445 | 150.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.6% |
| Kirklees 006C | 1,654 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Kirklees 006D | 2,018 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 006E | 1,366 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.1% |
| Kirklees 007B | 1,579 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| Kirklees 007C | 1,808 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% |
| Kirklees 007D | 1,953 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Kirklees 010A | 1,549 | 172.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| Kirklees 010B | 1,567 | 521.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.4% |
| Kirklees 010C | 2,191 | 132.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.0% |
| Kirklees 010D | 1,559 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Kirklees 012A | 1,724 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Kirklees 012B | 1,631 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Kirklees 012C | 1,773 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 013A | 1,433 | 91.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.2% |
| Kirklees 013B | 1,522 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Kirklees 013C | 1,411 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 013D | 1,435 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.3% |
| Kirklees 013E | 1,375 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| Kirklees 014A | 1,588 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
MPs for WF17
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley74% of WF17’s postcodes
- Kim LeadbeaterLabourMP for Spen Valley26% of WF17’s postcodes
- Mark SewardsLabourMP for Leeds South West and Morley0.2% of WF17’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 WF176
Postcode sectors in WF177
Council1
Towns in WF171
Postcode districts next to WF176
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF17 in brief
WF17 is a postcode district covering Batley and Mount Pleasant, in Kirklees.
About 45,492 people lived in WF17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £185,000 in 2025 across 453 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 112.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF17 was £185,000 in 2025.
WF17 had 44,344 usual residents at the census.
In WF17, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF17, 6.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.