WF6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Normanton and Woodhouse Common, 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 WF6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF6, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF6 at a rate of 101.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (948), other crime (578) and anti-social behaviour (191).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF6 was 111.5 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 WF6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF6 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 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 WF6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield 009A | 1,573 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Wakefield 009B | 1,433 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| Wakefield 009C | 1,410 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 009D | 1,511 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.9% |
| Wakefield 013A | 2,555 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.4% |
| Wakefield 013B | 2,497 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Wakefield 013C | 1,477 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.0% |
| Wakefield 013D | 1,383 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Wakefield 016A | 1,797 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.9% |
| Wakefield 016B | 1,801 | 105.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Wakefield 016D | 1,451 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 016E | 1,688 | 224.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.7% |
| Wakefield 016F | 1,461 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Wakefield 024I | 1,306 | 399.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
MPs for WF6
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth74% of WF6’s postcodes
- Yvette CooperLabourMP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley26% of WF6’s postcodes
- Simon LightwoodLabour (Co-op)MP for Wakefield and Rothwell0.2% of WF6’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 WF63
Postcode sectors in WF62
Council1
Towns in WF61
Postcode districts next to WF65
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF6 in brief
WF6 is a postcode district covering Normanton and Woodhouse Common, in Wakefield.
About 23,435 people lived in WF6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 309 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF6 was £200,000 in 2025.
WF6 had 22,627 usual residents at the census.
In WF6, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF6, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.