Wakefield 042C
NeighbourhoodSouth east Wakefield. 1,654 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.5 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Wakefield 042C is in decile 1.
How Wakefield 042C compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wakefield 042C safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wakefield 042C at a rate of 146.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 138.0 per 1,000 people across Hemsworth Town.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wakefield 042C.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (114), other crime (37) and criminal damage and arson (27).
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 042C alone. See Wakefield
Wakefield 042C in brief
Wakefield 042C has a deprivation score of 50.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Wakefield 042C was £190,000 in 2025.
Wakefield 042C had 1,589 usual residents at the census.
In Wakefield 042C, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.