# WF4 3FL: area report for a postcode in Wakefield

WF4 3FL is a postcode in Wakefield.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Wakefield. Open the map at WF4 3FL for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) › [WF4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf4) › [WF4 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf4-3)

## Around this postcode

- **6 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 20% on July. Wakefield 036D: 86 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **Sandal and Agbrigg, 2.6 km**: About 33 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **57 of 61 properties in WF4 3FL at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Wakefield 036D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **£199,347 average price**: For the whole of Wakefield, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 480 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **No gigabit broadband at WF4 3FL**: Superfast for 73.3%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **Low road and rail noise at WF4 3FL**: Road 52 dB, rail 40 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL
- **13.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crigglestone-st-james-cofe-primary-academy-e138293) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Mount Junior Infant & Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-mount-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-e108215) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Crigglestone Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crigglestone-nursery-school-e108137) | Nursery | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | – |
| [Trinity Academy Cathedral](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trinity-academy-cathedral-e145579) | Secondary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 50.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Hendal Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hendal-primary-school-e108218) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kettlethorpe High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kettlethorpe-high-school-e108271) | Secondary | 1.7 km (22 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 48.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Horbury Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/horbury-primary-academy-e143811) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Horbury Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/horbury-academy-e138707) | Secondary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 51.0 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2024 | £245,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| December 2025 | £220,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 340 m |
| December 2025 | £300,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 360 m |
| December 2025 | £160,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 390 m |
| September 2025 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 430 m |
| December 2025 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 440 m |
| September 2024 | £249,950 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 450 m |
| February 2025 | £112,300 | Terraced, established, freehold | 500 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Spar - Calder Park (480 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £199,347** (July 2026). Wakefield’s average house price was £199,347 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £34,400** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wakefield earned a median of £34,400 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 41st lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Wakefield costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 27.2** (2025). Wakefield has a deprivation score of 27.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 59th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wakefield 036D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.9** (2025). Wakefield 036D has a deprivation score of 7.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,108th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £250,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wakefield 036D was £250,000 in 2025. Joint 11,433rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,296** (2021). Wakefield 036D had 1,296 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,502nd least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.6%** (January 2026). In Wakefield 036D, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## WF4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £222,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WF4 was £222,500 in 2025. Joint 551st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 44,321** (2021). WF4 had 44,321 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 329th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 97%** (2022). About 97% of people in WF4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.9%** (January 2026). In WF4, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield)
- Centre: 53.6559, -1.5195

Council: [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Ossett and Denby Dale](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/ossett-and-denby-dale): Jade Botterill (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.5195,53.6559,WF43FL

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.8. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf4-3fl