WF4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Horbury, 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 WF4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF4, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF4 at a rate of 72.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 276 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,546), other crime (634) and anti-social behaviour (358).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF4 was 76.3 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 WF4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF4 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 046C | 2,267 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Wakefield 024E | 1,507 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Wakefield 024F | 1,344 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Wakefield 029E | 1,479 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Wakefield 029F | 1,611 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.6% |
| Wakefield 031A | 1,854 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Wakefield 031B | 1,356 | 154.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.0% |
| Wakefield 031C | 1,476 | 105.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 031D | 1,461 | 123.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Wakefield 032A | 1,983 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Wakefield 032B | 1,640 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.2% |
| Wakefield 032C | 1,423 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Wakefield 032D | 1,477 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| Wakefield 035A | 1,357 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 035B | 1,391 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Wakefield 035C | 1,382 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.2% |
| Wakefield 035D | 1,620 | 130.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.9% |
| Wakefield 036A | 2,167 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 036B | 1,656 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% |
| Wakefield 036C | 1,597 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| Wakefield 036D | 1,296 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.6% |
| Wakefield 037A | 1,618 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| Wakefield 037B | 1,579 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 038C | 1,289 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.9% |
| Wakefield 040A | 1,351 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.5% |
| Wakefield 040B | 1,637 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.0% |
| Wakefield 040D | 1,556 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
MPs for WF4
- Jade BotterillLabourMP for Ossett and Denby Dale61% of WF4’s postcodes
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth32% of WF4’s postcodes
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley7.4% of WF4’s postcodes
- Simon LightwoodLabour (Co-op)MP for Wakefield and Rothwell0.2% of WF4’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 WF45
Postcode sectors in WF46
Council1
Towns in WF41
Postcode districts next to WF410
More in the WF postcode area2
WF4 in brief
WF4 is a postcode district covering Horbury, in Wakefield.
About 44,899 people lived in WF4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £222,500 in 2025 across 618 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF4 was £222,500 in 2025.
WF4 had 44,321 usual residents at the census.
In WF4, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF4, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.