Wakefield 040A
NeighbourhoodSouth Wakefield. 1,492 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.3 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Wakefield 040A is in decile 1.
How Wakefield 040A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wakefield 040A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wakefield 040A at a rate of 87.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 79.7 per 1,000 people across Ryhill & South Hiendley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 6 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wakefield 040A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (69), other crime (21) and anti-social behaviour (15).
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.
Figures for the whole of Wakefield
These figures are published for the whole of Wakefield, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Wakefield and not Wakefield 040A alone. See Wakefield
Wakefield 040A in brief
Wakefield 040A has a deprivation score of 50.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Wakefield 040A had 1,351 usual residents at the census.
In Wakefield 040A, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wakefield 040A, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.