WF2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wakefield and Lupset, in Wakefield.
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 WF2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF2, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF2 at a rate of 114.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 517 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,854), other crime (1,155) and anti-social behaviour (634).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF2 was 125.0 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 WF2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF2 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield 014A | 1,565 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| Wakefield 014C | 1,386 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Wakefield 014D | 1,391 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 014E | 1,520 | 124.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 019A | 2,868 | 237.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.6% |
| Wakefield 019C | 1,715 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 019D | 1,830 | 92.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 022A | 1,566 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 022B | 1,869 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 022C | 1,900 | 155.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 022D | 1,495 | 144.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 022E | 1,774 | 154.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.6% |
| Wakefield 022F | 1,445 | 115.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 026A | 1,624 | 168.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Wakefield 026B | 1,515 | 137.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 026C | 1,721 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 026D | 1,695 | 106.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Wakefield 026E | 2,402 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 026F | 1,423 | 158.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 028A | 1,383 | 122.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| Wakefield 028B | 1,229 | 258.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 028C | 1,615 | 100.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 028D | 1,864 | 343.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Wakefield 030B | 1,672 | 170.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 033A | 1,430 | 161.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| Wakefield 033B | 1,481 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| Wakefield 033C | 1,517 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% |
| Wakefield 033D | 1,604 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% |
| Wakefield 037C | 1,659 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Wakefield 037D | 2,115 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| Wakefield 038B | 1,517 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| Wakefield 038D | 1,441 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
MPs for WF2
- Simon LightwoodLabour (Co-op)MP for Wakefield and Rothwell69% of WF2’s postcodes
- Jade BotterillLabourMP for Ossett and Denby Dale24% of WF2’s postcodes
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth6.7% of WF2’s postcodes
- Mark SewardsLabourMP for Leeds South West and Morley0.3% of WF2’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 WF28
Postcode sectors in WF25
Council1
Towns in WF21
Postcode districts next to WF24
Nearest rail stations3
More in the WF postcode area2
WF2 in brief
WF2 is a postcode district covering Wakefield and Lupset, in Wakefield.
About 55,418 people lived in WF2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £244,000 in 2025 across 606 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 114.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF2 was £244,000 in 2025.
WF2 had 53,646 usual residents at the census.
In WF2, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF2, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.