WF8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Pontefract, Marl Pits and Chequerfield, in Wakefield.
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 WF8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in WF8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WF8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF8 at a rate of 115.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across the WF postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 404 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,810), other crime (701) and anti-social behaviour (566).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF8 was 120.3 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 WF8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF8 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selby 010C | 2,334 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.7% |
| Wakefield 012A | 2,159 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Wakefield 012B | 1,456 | 187.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.7% |
| Wakefield 012C | 2,541 | 105.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Wakefield 012D | 1,713 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 012E | 1,944 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Wakefield 015A | 2,007 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| Wakefield 015B | 1,693 | 550.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 54.9% |
| Wakefield 015C | 1,941 | 144.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 47.5% |
| Wakefield 015D | 2,194 | 136.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| Wakefield 015E | 1,369 | 142.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 71.8% |
| Wakefield 018A | 1,785 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.9% |
| Wakefield 018B | 1,606 | 106.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 018C | 1,715 | 153.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Wakefield 018D | 1,379 | 109.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wakefield 023A | 1,806 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Wakefield 023B | 1,349 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Wakefield 023C | 1,416 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Wakefield 023D | 1,431 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.9% |
| Wakefield 023E | 1,469 | 95.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Wakefield 034E | 1,561 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.3% |
MPs for WF8
- Yvette CooperLabourMP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley93% of WF8’s postcodes
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth3.9% of WF8’s postcodes
- Keir MatherLabourMP for Selby3.1% of WF8’s postcodes
- Ed MilibandLabourMP for Doncaster North0.3% of WF8’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 WF84
Postcode sectors in WF85
Council1
Towns in WF81
Postcode districts next to WF85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF8 in brief
WF8 is a postcode district covering Pontefract, Marl Pits and Chequerfield, in Wakefield.
About 37,363 people lived in WF8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 513 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 115.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF8 was £220,000 in 2025.
WF8 had 36,077 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in WF8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WF8, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.