WF7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Featherstone, Purston Jaglin and Brackenhill, 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 WF7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF7, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF7 at a rate of 85.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 142 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (949), other crime (380) and criminal damage and arson (187).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF7 was 95.0 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 WF7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF7 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield 024B | 1,691 | 97.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.0% |
| Wakefield 024C | 1,434 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.5% |
| Wakefield 024D | 1,576 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 027A | 1,472 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Wakefield 027B | 1,843 | 200.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Wakefield 027C | 2,412 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.0% |
| Wakefield 027D | 1,589 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| Wakefield 027E | 1,722 | 146.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Wakefield 034A | 1,814 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.5% |
| Wakefield 034B | 1,331 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Wakefield 034D | 1,875 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Wakefield 034G | 1,537 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Wakefield 034H | 1,687 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
MPs for WF7
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth99% of WF7’s postcodes
- Yvette CooperLabourMP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley0.9% of WF7’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 WF73
Postcode sectors in WF73
Council1
Towns in WF71
Postcode districts next to WF76
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF7 in brief
WF7 is a postcode district covering Featherstone, Purston Jaglin and Brackenhill, in Wakefield.
About 23,649 people lived in WF7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,000 in 2025 across 344 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 85.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF7 was £205,000 in 2025.
WF7 had 22,596 usual residents at the census.
In WF7, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF7, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.