Ossett
Ossett is covered by postcode district WF5. It is mostly in the Wakefield council area: 630 of its 632 postcodes. The others are in Kirklees.
Every postcode in Ossett, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 6
- In use before 2020: 626
Of the 632 postcodes in Ossett that ONS places, 6 are new since 2020 and 626 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 53.6805, longitude -1.5773. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Ossett?
Homes sold for a typical £214,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. At 575 of the 627 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 632 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dewsbury, 3.9 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 Ossett?
Homes in Ossett sold for a typical £214,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 242 sales, up 0.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £330,000 59 sales
- Semi-detached £225,000 91 sales
- Terraced £180,000 73 sales
- Flat or maisonette £122,000 19 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WF5 district, Ossett's main postcode district: a typical £214,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ossett: 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 Ossett?
6 of the 632 postcodes now in use in Ossett came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 299 homes sold in Ossett were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF5 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Ossett | Across the WF5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 242 (0%) | 0 of 243 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 299 (0%) | 0 of 300 (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 Ossett?
Ofcom reports on 627 of the 632 postcodes in Ossett. At 575 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ossett at risk of flooding?
1 of the 632 postcodes in Ossett has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Ossett?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ossett (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School350 m 341 pupils, 315 places
- Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School500 m 336 pupils, 360 places
- Towngate Primary Academy600 m 311 pupils, 315 places
- Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery750 m 161 pupils, 180 places
- Ossett Flushdyke Junior and Infant School1.1 km 111 pupils, 105 places
- Ossett South Parade Primary1.1 km 418 pupils, 498 places
- South Ossett Infant Academy1.1 km 71 pupils, 90 places
- St Ignatius Catholic Primary School1.3 km 138 pupils, 140 places
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 Ossett?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ossett is Dewsbury Rail Station, 3.9 km away in a straight line.
- Dewsbury Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
- Batley Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
- Wakefield Westgate Rail Station Railway station 4.7 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 Ossett?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ossett. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ossett Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 232400 400 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ossett safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,663 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ossett 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
- 150 September 2025
- 142 October 2025
- 140 November 2025
- 127 December 2025
- 127 January 2026
- 112 February 2026
- 134 March 2026
- 159 April 2026
- 163 May 2026
- 138 June 2026
- 137 July 2026
- 134 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 61, drugs 28, possession of weapons 12, robbery 10, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 6.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Ossett?
- Councils
- Wakefield (630) and Kirklees (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Ossett and Denby Dale (630) 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
Moving to Ossett
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Ossett is in Wakefield; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Wakefield about council tax Council tax, on wakefield.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Ossett
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Ossett postcodes
632 postcodes in use in Ossett, by district:
That district is in the WF postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Ossett
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ossett's £214,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ossett
- What is it like to live in Ossett?
- Homes sold for a typical £214,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. At 575 of the 627 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 632 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dewsbury, 3.9 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 Ossett?
- Ossett is covered by postcode district WF5, across 632 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Ossett?
- Homes in Ossett sold for a typical £214,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 242 sales, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ossett?
- In Ossett, primary schools at its postcodes include Ossett Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School, Ossett Southdale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School and Towngate Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College and Highfield School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Ossett have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ossett is Dewsbury, 3.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ossett?
- Ofcom reports on 627 of the 632 postcodes in Ossett. At 575 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ossett at risk of flooding?
- 1 of the 632 postcodes in Ossett has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the 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 Ossett?
- 6 of the 632 postcodes now in use in Ossett came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 299 homes sold in Ossett were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF5 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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