Wakefield
Wakefield is covered by postcode districts WF1, WF2, WF3, WF4, WF5 and WF90. It is mostly in the Wakefield council area: 2,673 of its 2,675 postcodes. The others are in Leeds.
Every postcode in Wakefield, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 158
- In use before 2020: 2,517
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,675 postcodes in Wakefield that ONS places, 158 are new since 2020 and 2,517 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 53.6837, longitude -1.5032. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 29 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WF1 9ZA, is the newest of them.
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WF1 5GE, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WF3 4GF, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WF3 4GT, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WF2 9GA, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WF2 8FU, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Wakefield?
Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 2,184 of the 2,552 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,309 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 355 of its 2,675 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wakefield Westgate, 200 metres 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 Wakefield?
Homes in Wakefield sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 922 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £355,000 265 sales
- Semi-detached £225,000 355 sales
- Terraced £169,000 214 sales
- Flat or maisonette £105,000 88 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WF1 district, Wakefield's main postcode district: a typical £211,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wakefield: 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 Wakefield?
158 of the 2,675 postcodes now in use in Wakefield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 75 of the 1,197 homes sold in Wakefield were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF1 district, 14%.
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 Wakefield | Across the WF1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 13 of 922 (1%) | 26 of 398 (7%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 75 of 1,197 (6%) | 74 of 516 (14%) |
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 Wakefield?
Ofcom reports on 2,552 of the 2,675 postcodes in Wakefield. At 2,184 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Wakefield at risk of flooding?
355 of the 2,675 postcodes in Wakefield 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 1,309 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 Wakefield?
The open schools at the postcodes in Wakefield (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
- Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield550 m 668 pupils, 1,500 places
- Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School700 m 209 pupils, 210 places
- Wakefield Lawefield Primary School700 m 437 pupils, 472 places
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School850 m 306 pupils, 315 places
- Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill1.1 km 251 pupils, 262 places
- Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School1.1 km 359 pupils, 345 places
- Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.1 km 255 pupils, 210 places
- Wakefield Flanshaw Junior and Infant School1.4 km 387 pupils, 350 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 Wakefield?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wakefield is Wakefield Westgate Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.
- Wakefield Westgate Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
- Wakefield Kirkgate Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Sandal & Agbrigg Rail Station Railway station 2.7 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 Wakefield?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Wakefield, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Trinity Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2025 · Phone 01924 784101 700 mWalk
- Warrengate Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 371011 850 mWalk
- New Southgate Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 334400 1.0 kmWalk
- Alverthorpe Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 372584 1.0 kmWalk
- Homestead Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 384498 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Wakefield safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 7,505 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wakefield 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
- 583 September 2025
- 695 October 2025
- 572 November 2025
- 617 December 2025
- 576 January 2026
- 521 February 2026
- 630 March 2026
- 621 April 2026
- 665 May 2026
- 712 June 2026
- 615 July 2026
- 698 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 223, other crime 213, robbery 129, possession of weapons 86, theft from the person 78, bicycle theft 51.
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 Wakefield?
- Councils
- Wakefield (2,673) and Leeds (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Wakefield and Rothwell (2,243), Ossett and Denby Dale (427), Normanton and Hemsworth (3) and 1 other
- 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 Wakefield
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Wakefield 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 Wakefield
- 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
Wakefield postcodes
2,675 postcodes in use in Wakefield, by district:
Those districts are all 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 Wakefield
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wakefield's £225,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Wakefield
- What is it like to live in Wakefield?
- Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 2,184 of the 2,552 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,309 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 355 of its 2,675 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wakefield Westgate, 200 metres 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 Wakefield?
- Wakefield is covered by postcode districts WF1, WF2, WF3, WF4, WF5 and WF90, across 2,675 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Wakefield?
- Homes in Wakefield sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 922 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Wakefield?
- In Wakefield, primary schools at its postcodes include Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield, Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School and Wakefield Lawefield Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Queen Elizabeths School Wakefield, Ivy Lane School and Trinity Academy Cathedral. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Wakefield have a railway station?
- Yes: Wakefield Westgate is 200 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wakefield, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Wakefield?
- Ofcom reports on 2,552 of the 2,675 postcodes in Wakefield. At 2,184 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Wakefield at risk of flooding?
- 355 of the 2,675 postcodes in Wakefield 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 1,309 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 Wakefield?
- 158 of the 2,675 postcodes now in use in Wakefield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 75 of the 1,197 homes sold in Wakefield were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF1 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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