# WF8 3QR: area report for a postcode in Wakefield

WF8 3QR 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 WF8 3QR for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) › [WF8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf8) › [WF8 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf8-3)

## Around this postcode

- **6 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 50% on July. Wakefield 023B: 62 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **Pontefract Baghill, 1.6 km**: About 19 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 270 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **No property in WF8 3QR listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Wakefield 023B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **£199,347 average price**: For the whole of Wakefield, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 870 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WF8 3QR**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **Moderate road and rail noise at WF8 3QR**: Road 59 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% 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=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR
- **10.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ark Carleton Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-carleton-park-primary-school-e140337) | Primary | 270 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ark Larks Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-larks-hill-primary-school-e139499) | Primary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 97% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ark Carleton High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-carleton-high-school-e139501) | Secondary | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, November 2024 | Attainment 8 of 44.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Ark The King's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-the-kings-school-e139500) | Secondary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2022 | Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Ark The Rookeries Carleton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-the-rookeries-carleton-primary-school-e139504) | Primary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pontefract](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-pontefract-e138947) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2024 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ark Halfpenny Lane Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-halfpenny-lane-primary-school-e139502) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [High Well School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/high-well-school-e131526) | Special | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2022 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £390,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| October 2025 | £475,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| January 2025 | £280,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| December 2025 | £400,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| November 2023 | £560,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| May 2025 | £380,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| September 2025 | £335,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| January 2025 | £240,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Tesco Pontefract Express (870 m, Tesco)

## 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 023B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 14.2** (2025). Wakefield 023B has a deprivation score of 14.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,516th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £215,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wakefield 023B was £215,000 in 2025. Joint 7,875th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,349** (2021). Wakefield 023B had 1,349 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,137th 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: 98.6%** (January 2026). In Wakefield 023B, 98.6% 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.

## WF8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WF8 was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 517th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 36,077** (2021). WF8 had 36,077 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 589th 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: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in WF8 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: 88.2%** (January 2026). In WF8, 88.2% 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: 53.6789, -1.3122

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

## Your MP

- [Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/pontefract-castleford-and-knottingley): Yvette Cooper (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=-1.3122,53.6789,WF83QR

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