Heckmondwike

Heckmondwike is covered by postcode districts WF13, WF15, WF16 and WF17. It is in the Kirklees council area, England.

Typical price £179,000 Homes sold in Heckmondwike, last 12 months. ▲ 5.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 329 of 354 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 10 of 356 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Heckmondwike, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Heckmondwike, by flood risk Of the 356 postcodes in Heckmondwike that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 346 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Heckmondwike. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A62A651 WF13 4BS: not on the flood risk listWF13 4BX: not on the flood risk listWF13 4BY: not on the flood risk listWF13 4PP: not on the flood risk listWF13 4PW: not on the flood risk listWF13 4QQ: not on the flood risk listWF15 6HX: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AB: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AD: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AE: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AF: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AG: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AH: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AJ: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AL: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AN: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AP: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AQ: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AR: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AT: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AU: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AW: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AX: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AY: not on the flood risk listWF16 0AZ: not on the flood risk listWF16 0BA: not on the flood risk listWF16 0BB: not on the flood risk listWF16 0BD: not on the 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listWF17 8AD: not on the flood risk listWF17 8AF: not on the flood risk listWF17 8AG: not on the flood risk listWF17 8AJ: not on the flood risk listWF17 8PX: not on the flood risk listWF17 8PY: not on the flood risk listWF17 8PZ: not on the flood risk listWF16 0NH: medium flood risk at worstWF16 0HH: high flood riskWF16 0HL: high flood riskWF16 0JZ: high flood riskWF16 0NF: high flood riskWF16 0NG: high flood riskWF16 0NQ: high flood riskWF16 0PN: high flood riskWF16 0PS: high flood riskWF16 0PX: high flood risk Heckmondwike Map of every postcode in Heckmondwike, by flood risk Of the 356 postcodes in Heckmondwike that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 346 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Heckmondwike. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Heckmondwike
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 346

Of the 356 postcodes in Heckmondwike that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 346 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7100, longitude -1.6698. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

WF16 0PS10 at high riskWF16 0HH6 at high riskWF16 0PX5 at high riskWF16 0NG4 at high riskWF16 0JZ3 at high riskWF16 0NF2 at high riskWF16 0HL2 at high riskWF16 0PN1 at high riskWF16 0NQ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Heckmondwike?

Homes sold for a typical £179,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 329 of the 354 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 10 of its 356 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Batley, 3.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Heckmondwike?

Homes in Heckmondwike sold for a typical £179,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 90 sales, up 5.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£179,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£170,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £241,250 16 sales
  • Semi-detached £181,000 45 sales
  • Terraced £145,000 27 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole WF16 district, Heckmondwike's main postcode district: a typical £175,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Heckmondwike: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Heckmondwike?

1 of the 356 postcodes now in use in Heckmondwike came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 146 homes sold in Heckmondwike were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF16 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

WF16 0FAsince May 2023

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn HeckmondwikeAcross the WF16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 90 (0%) 0 of 93 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 146 (0%) 0 of 143 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Heckmondwike?

Ofcom reports on 354 of the 356 postcodes in Heckmondwike. At 329 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit329 of 354
Postcodes where every home can get superfast348 of 354

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Heckmondwike at risk of flooding?

10 of the 356 postcodes in Heckmondwike have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 43 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 10 of 356 postcodes High: 34Medium: 9Low: 4

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Heckmondwike?

The open schools at the postcodes in Heckmondwike. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Heckmondwike?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heckmondwike is Batley Rail Station, 3.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Batley Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
  • Dewsbury Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
  • Ravensthorpe Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Heckmondwike?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Heckmondwike. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Heckmondwike safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 3,517 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Heckmondwike over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 286 September 2025
  2. 278 October 2025
  3. 278 November 2025
  4. 270 December 2025
  5. 248 January 2026
  6. 233 February 2026
  7. 285 March 2026
  8. 298 April 2026
  9. 365 May 2026
  10. 358 June 2026
  11. 332 July 2026
  12. 286 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences1,541 reports
Anti-social behaviour417 reports
Public order301 reports
Criminal damage and arson261 reports
Other theft218 reports
Vehicle crime199 reports
Burglary137 reports
Shoplifting125 reports

Also: other crime 121, drugs 108, possession of weapons 42, robbery 27, theft from the person 10, bicycle theft 10.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Heckmondwike?

Council
Kirklees
Parliamentary constituencies
Spen Valley (354) and Dewsbury and Batley (2)
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Heckmondwike postcodes

356 postcodes in use in Heckmondwike, by district:

WF16 postcode district,342 postcodesWF17 postcode district,7 postcodesWF13 postcode district,6 postcodesWF15 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the WF postcode area.

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Places near Heckmondwike

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Heckmondwike's £179,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Batley2.0 km, £184,650Liversedge2.0 km, £200,000Dewsbury3.5 km, £175,000Cleckheaton3.6 km, £198,500Gomersal and Birkenshaw3.8 km, £229,000Mirfield3.8 km, £240,000Drighlington4.9 km, £256,500Scholes, near Cleckheaton5.6 km, £187,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Heckmondwike

What is it like to live in Heckmondwike?
Homes sold for a typical £179,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 329 of the 354 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 43 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 10 of its 356 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Batley, 3.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Heckmondwike?
Heckmondwike is covered by postcode districts WF13, WF15, WF16 and WF17, across 356 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Heckmondwike in?
Heckmondwike is in the Kirklees council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Heckmondwike?
Homes in Heckmondwike sold for a typical £179,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 90 sales, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Heckmondwike?
In Heckmondwike, primary schools at its postcodes include Holy Spirit Catholic Primary Academy and Heckmondwike Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Brian Jackson College and Heckmondwike Grammar School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Heckmondwike have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Heckmondwike is Batley, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Heckmondwike?
Ofcom reports on 354 of the 356 postcodes in Heckmondwike. At 329 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Heckmondwike at risk of flooding?
10 of the 356 postcodes in Heckmondwike have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 43 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Heckmondwike?
1 of the 356 postcodes now in use in Heckmondwike came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 146 homes sold in Heckmondwike were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF16 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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