WF9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Moorthorpe, South Elmsall and Hemsworth, 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 WF9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF9, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF9 at a rate of 111.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 401 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,128), other crime (817) and anti-social behaviour (543).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF9 was 130.9 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 WF9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF9 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield 034F | 1,672 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| Wakefield 039A | 2,275 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.2% |
| Wakefield 039B | 1,435 | 128.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.6% |
| Wakefield 039C | 1,518 | 74.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.3% |
| Wakefield 039D | 1,460 | 143.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Wakefield 041A | 1,573 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 041B | 1,465 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 041C | 1,416 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Wakefield 041D | 1,794 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| Wakefield 042A | 1,626 | 185.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 042B | 1,658 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.0% |
| Wakefield 042C | 1,589 | 146.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 042D | 1,665 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Wakefield 042E | 1,609 | 217.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.4% |
| Wakefield 043A | 1,386 | 149.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| Wakefield 043B | 1,306 | 251.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Wakefield 043C | 1,345 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 043D | 1,462 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.8% |
| Wakefield 044A | 1,499 | 125.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% |
| Wakefield 044B | 1,944 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| Wakefield 044C | 2,348 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% |
| Wakefield 044D | 1,594 | 117.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% |
| Wakefield 045A | 1,729 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Wakefield 045B | 1,723 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 045C | 2,172 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| Wakefield 045D | 1,561 | 185.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
Your MP
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth
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 WF96
Postcode sectors in WF95
Council1
Towns in WF93
Postcode districts next to WF96
Nearest rail stations3
More in the WF postcode area2
WF9 in brief
WF9 is a postcode district covering Moorthorpe, South Elmsall and Hemsworth, in Wakefield.
About 43,090 people lived in WF9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £175,000 in 2025 across 601 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 111.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF9 was £175,000 in 2025.
WF9 had 41,468 usual residents at the census.
In WF9, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF9, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.