WF5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ossett and Paleside, 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 WF5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF5, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF5 at a rate of 74.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 125 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (675), other crime (306) and anti-social behaviour (221).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF5 was 78.2 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 WF5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF5 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield 021A | 1,433 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| Wakefield 021B | 1,686 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Wakefield 021C | 1,833 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.1% |
| Wakefield 021D | 1,492 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 021E | 1,184 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| Wakefield 021F | 1,453 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 025A | 1,390 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Wakefield 025B | 1,391 | 173.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Wakefield 025C | 1,705 | 89.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 025D | 1,488 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 025E | 1,467 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Wakefield 029A | 1,647 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 029B | 1,366 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Wakefield 029C | 1,309 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Wakefield 029D | 1,638 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
MPs for WF5
- Jade BotterillLabourMP for Ossett and Denby Dale97% of WF5’s postcodes
- Simon LightwoodLabour (Co-op)MP for Wakefield and Rothwell2.6% of WF5’s postcodes
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley0.3% of WF5’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 WF53
Postcode sectors in WF54
Council1
Towns in WF51
Postcode districts next to WF54
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF5 in brief
WF5 is a postcode district covering Ossett and Paleside, in Wakefield.
About 22,159 people lived in WF5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 281 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF5 was £225,000 in 2025.
WF5 had 22,163 usual residents at the census.
In WF5, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF5, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.