Wakefield West
WardWest Wakefield. About 17,746 people in 6.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Wakefield West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wakefield West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wakefield West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wakefield West at a rate of 158.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across Wakefield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 215 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wakefield West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,200), other crime (487) and anti-social behaviour (308).
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 ward, so they describe all of Wakefield and not Wakefield West alone. See Wakefield
Wakefield West in brief
Wakefield West had 16,737 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Wakefield West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wakefield West, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Wakefield West, 6.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.