WF3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stanley and East Ardsley, in Leeds and 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 WF3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF3, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF3 at a rate of 65.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 199 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,099), other crime (449) and anti-social behaviour (248).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF3 was 71.7 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 WF3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF3 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 WF3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds 105D | 1,577 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.2% |
| Leeds 105F | 2,200 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Leeds 105I | 1,453 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 105J | 1,733 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 106D | 1,507 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| Leeds 106E | 1,354 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 107A | 2,046 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Leeds 107B | 1,584 | 126.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Leeds 107C | 1,754 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Leeds 107D | 1,523 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 108A | 1,714 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Leeds 108B | 1,653 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| Leeds 108C | 1,428 | 12.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Leeds 108D | 1,380 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 006A | 2,082 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Wakefield 006B | 1,349 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Wakefield 006C | 1,298 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 007A | 1,441 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Wakefield 007B | 2,404 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| Wakefield 007C | 1,508 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 007D | 1,574 | 94.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Wakefield 008C | 1,479 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
MPs for WF3
- Mark SewardsLabourMP for Leeds South West and Morley65% of WF3’s postcodes
- Simon LightwoodLabour (Co-op)MP for Wakefield and Rothwell35% of WF3’s postcodes
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley0.1% of WF3’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 WF35
Postcode sectors in WF34
Councils WF3 covers2
Towns in WF32
Postcode districts next to WF38
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF3 in brief
WF3 is a postcode district covering Stanley and East Ardsley, in Leeds and Wakefield.
About 36,321 people lived in WF3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £259,995 in 2025 across 715 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF3 was £259,995 in 2025.
WF3 had 34,538 usual residents at the census.
In WF3, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF3, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.