WF11
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Knottingley, Ferrybridge Hill and England Lane, in Wakefield and North Yorkshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WF11 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 98% of people in WF11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WF11 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF11 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF11 at a rate of 126.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across the WF postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 207 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF11.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (972), other crime (396) and anti-social behaviour (290).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF11 was 152.9 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in WF11, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF11 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF11
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selby 009A | 1,697 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.4% |
| Selby 009B | 1,810 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| Wakefield 010A | 1,347 | 163.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| Wakefield 010B | 1,390 | 126.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| Wakefield 010C | 2,014 | 174.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.0% |
| Wakefield 010D | 1,411 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Wakefield 011A | 1,964 | 151.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Wakefield 011B | 1,527 | 133.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.2% |
| Wakefield 011C | 1,410 | 118.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.6% |
| Wakefield 011D | 1,493 | 119.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.2% |
| Wakefield 011E | 1,695 | 187.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
MPs for WF11
- Yvette CooperLabourMP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley76% of WF11’s postcodes
- Keir MatherLabourMP for Selby24% of WF11’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in WF113
Postcode sectors in WF113
Councils WF11 covers2
Towns in WF111
Postcode districts next to WF116
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF11 in brief
WF11 is a postcode district covering Knottingley, Ferrybridge Hill and England Lane, in Wakefield and North Yorkshire.
About 18,651 people lived in WF11 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 284 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 126.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF11 was £190,000 in 2025.
WF11 had 17,819 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in WF11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WF11, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.