Wakefield 028B
NeighbourhoodWest Wakefield. 1,238 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Wakefield 028B is in decile 3.
How Wakefield 028B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wakefield 028B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wakefield 028B at a rate of 258.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 212.0 per 1,000 people across Thornes.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wakefield 028B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (109), violence and sexual offences (98) and other crime (52).
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 028B alone. See Wakefield
Wakefield 028B in brief
Wakefield 028B has a deprivation score of 28.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Wakefield 028B was £245,000 in 2025.
Wakefield 028B had 1,229 usual residents at the census.
In Wakefield 028B, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.