# South Elmsall Town in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber. South Elmsall is a town in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £165,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 109.5 per 1,000 people. About 11,555 people. Town. Code E63001088. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) South Elmsall is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for South Elmsall add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £165,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in South Elmsall was £165,000 in 2025. Joint 99th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 11,187** (2021). South Elmsall had 11,187 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 301st least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in South Elmsall 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.8%** (January 2026). In South Elmsall, 95.8% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001088) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in South Elmsall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001088) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 129 homes were sold in South Elmsall in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001088) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for South Elmsall. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001088) (Census 2021, England and Wales): South Elmsall had 11,187 usual residents at the census. ## How South Elmsall compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | South Elmsall | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £165,000 | joint 18th cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 | | Population | 11,187 | 28th least populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.8% | joint 49th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 | ## Is South Elmsall safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Elmsall at a rate of 109.5 per 1,000 people. That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 100 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Elmsall. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (567), other crime (240) and criminal damage and arson (110). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in South Elmsall was 149.1 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 South Elmsall, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so South Elmsall has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in South Elmsall | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Wakefield 043A](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011859) | 1,386 | 149.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% | | [Wakefield 043B](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011869) | 1,306 | 251.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% | | [Wakefield 043C](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011870) | 1,345 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% | | [Wakefield 044A](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011860) | 1,499 | 125.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% | | [Wakefield 044B](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011861) | 1,944 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% | | [Wakefield 044C](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011862) | 2,348 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% | | [Wakefield 044D](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/neighbourhood/e01011863) | 1,594 | 117.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% | ## Your MP - [Normanton and Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/normanton-and-hemsworth): Jon Trickett (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. ## Council [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) ## Postcode districts covering South Elmsall [WF9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wf9) ## Middle areas in South Elmsall [Moorthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/moorthorpe), [South Elmsall](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield/south-elmsall) ## Towns near South Elmsall [South Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby), [Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemsworth), [Adwick le Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adwick-le-street), [Thurnscoe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thurnscoe), [Cudworth and Shafton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton), [Scawthorpe and Cusworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/scawthorpe-and-cusworth) ## South Elmsall in brief South Elmsall is a town in Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber. About 11,555 people lived in South Elmsall in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 129 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 109.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in South Elmsall was £165,000 in 2025. South Elmsall had 11,187 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in South Elmsall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In South Elmsall, 95.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63001088 - Constituency: [Normanton and Hemsworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/normanton-and-hemsworth) - Council: [Wakefield †](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) - Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.85 km² - People, mid-2024: 11,555* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 37 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [South Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby), [Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemsworth), [Adwick le Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/adwick-le-street), [Thurnscoe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thurnscoe), [Cudworth and Shafton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton), [Scawthorpe and Cusworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/scawthorpe-and-cusworth) ## Latest updates for South Elmsall - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001088 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-elmsall#f-house-sales-median-price. 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