Middlestown and Overton

Middlestown and Overton is covered by postcode district WF4. It is in the Wakefield council area, England.

Typical price £200,000 Homes sold in Middlestown and Overton, last 12 months. ▼ 16.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 65 of 71 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Middlestown and Overton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Middlestown and Overton, by flood risk Of the 73 postcodes in Middlestown and Overton that ONS places, 73 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Middlestown and Overton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A642 WF4 4FB: not on the flood risk listWF4 4FD: not on the flood risk listWF4 4FE: not on the flood risk listWF4 4FN: not on the flood risk listWF4 4FS: not on the flood risk listWF4 4GY: not on the flood risk listWF4 4NR: not on the flood risk listWF4 4NS: not on the flood risk listWF4 4NT: not on the flood risk listWF4 4NU: not on the flood risk listWF4 4NX: not on the flood risk listWF4 4NY: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PA: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PB: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PD: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PE: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PF: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PG: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PH: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PL: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PP: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4PR: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QB: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QD: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QE: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QF: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QG: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QH: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QL: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QN: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QP: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QR: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QS: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QT: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QU: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QW: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QX: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QY: not on the flood risk listWF4 4QZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RA: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RB: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RD: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RE: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RF: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RG: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RJ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RL: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RR: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RS: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RU: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RW: not on the flood risk listWF4 4RZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4SA: not on the flood risk listWF4 4SB: not on the flood risk listWF4 4SD: not on the flood risk listWF4 4SE: not on the flood risk listWF4 4SF: not on the flood risk listWF4 4SG: not on the flood risk listWF4 4SQ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4SZ: not on the flood risk listWF4 4TB: not on the flood risk listWF4 4TW: not on the flood risk listWF4 4UA: not on the flood risk listWF4 4UB: not on the flood risk listWF4 4UD: not on the flood risk listWF4 4UE: not on the flood risk listWF4 4YG: not on the flood risk list Middlestown and Overton Map of every postcode in Middlestown and Overton, by flood risk Of the 73 postcodes in Middlestown and Overton that ONS places, 73 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Middlestown and Overton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A642 Middlestown and Overton
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 73

Of the 73 postcodes in Middlestown and Overton that ONS places, 73 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 53.6491, longitude -1.6027. 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

What is it like to live in Middlestown and Overton?

Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 16.7% on the 12 months before. At 65 of the 71 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 73 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ravensthorpe, 4.6 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 Middlestown and Overton?

Homes in Middlestown and Overton sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 17 sales, down 16.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£200,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£240,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 16.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £340,000 7 sales
  • Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £149,000 6 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 WF4 district, Middlestown and Overton's main postcode district: a typical £230,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Middlestown and Overton: 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 Middlestown and Overton?

2 of the 73 postcodes now in use in Middlestown and Overton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Middlestown and Overton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF4 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

WF4 4FSsince March 2024WF4 4FNsince October 2020

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 Middlestown and OvertonAcross the WF4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 17 (0%) 1 of 478 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 34 (0%) 0 of 605 (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 Middlestown and Overton?

Ofcom reports on 71 of the 73 postcodes in Middlestown and Overton. At 65 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit65 of 71
Postcodes where every home can get superfast68 of 71

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.

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

Is Middlestown and Overton at risk of flooding?

None of the 73 postcodes in Middlestown and Overton is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Middlestown and Overton?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Middlestown and Overton. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Middlestown and Overton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Middlestown and Overton is Ravensthorpe Rail Station, 4.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Ravensthorpe Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
  • Dewsbury Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive
  • Mirfield Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive

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 Middlestown and Overton?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Middlestown and Overton. 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 Middlestown and Overton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 473 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Middlestown and Overton 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. 63 September 2025
  2. 40 October 2025
  3. 42 November 2025
  4. 42 December 2025
  5. 36 January 2026
  6. 28 February 2026
  7. 34 March 2026
  8. 35 April 2026
  9. 36 May 2026
  10. 39 June 2026
  11. 35 July 2026
  12. 43 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences269 reports
Anti-social behaviour50 reports
Public order36 reports
Criminal damage and arson31 reports
Other crime23 reports
Other theft18 reports
Vehicle crime17 reports
Burglary11 reports

Also: drugs 9, robbery 3, possession of weapons 3, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1.

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 Middlestown and Overton?

Council
Wakefield
Parliamentary constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Police force area
West Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Country
England
MP
Jade Botterill (Labour)

All 73 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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Middlestown and Overton postcodes

73 postcodes in use in Middlestown and Overton, by district:

WF4 postcode district,73 postcodes

That district is in the WF postcode area.

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Places near Middlestown and Overton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Middlestown and Overton's £200,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Netherton, Wakefield1.6 km, £227,500Horbury3.3 km, £220,000Ossett3.9 km, £214,500Dewsbury4.8 km, £175,000Crigglestone and Durkar5.0 km, £244,250Hall Green5.7 km, £295,000Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West6.7 km, £268,000Mirfield7.1 km, £240,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Middlestown and Overton

What is it like to live in Middlestown and Overton?
Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 16.7% on the 12 months before. At 65 of the 71 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 73 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ravensthorpe, 4.6 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 Middlestown and Overton?
Middlestown and Overton is covered by postcode district WF4, across 73 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Middlestown and Overton in?
Middlestown and Overton is in the Wakefield council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Middlestown and Overton?
Middlestown and Overton is in the Ossett and Denby Dale parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jade Botterill (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Middlestown and Overton?
Homes in Middlestown and Overton sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 17 sales, down 16.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Middlestown and Overton?
In Middlestown and Overton, primary schools at its postcodes include Middlestown Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy, 1.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Does Middlestown and Overton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Middlestown and Overton is Ravensthorpe, 4.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Middlestown and Overton?
Ofcom reports on 71 of the 73 postcodes in Middlestown and Overton. At 65 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Middlestown and Overton at risk of flooding?
None of the 73 postcodes in Middlestown and Overton is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Middlestown and Overton?
2 of the 73 postcodes now in use in Middlestown and Overton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Middlestown and Overton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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