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WF10 5QX

Altofts & Whitwood · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Altofts & Whitwood
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Postcode district
WF10
Postcode sector
WF10 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF10 5NR 104 m
WF10 5UB 180 m
WF10 5UA 285 m
WF10 5EJ 303 m
WF6 2AG 307 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF10 5QX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 January 2003
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF10
Postcode sector
WF10 5
Latitude
53.714066
Longitude
-1.402189
British National Grid easting
439,553
British National Grid northing
424,347

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Altofts & Whitwood · E05016526
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley · E14001428
Output area
E00180083
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 013A · E01011758
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 013 · E02002450

Postcode source versions

Explore WF10

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
25
Secondary
5

  1. Normanton Common Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    868 m

  2. St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

  3. Normanton All Saints CofE Infant School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
691
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 261
  • Anti social behaviour 81
  • Vehicle crime 61
  • Other theft 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF10 5 residents
14,311

Age bands in WF10 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

2,655 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

1,422 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.6%

4,679 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.2%

3,363 residents

Age 65 and over
12.9%

1,797 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • KING'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KING EDWARD STREET, NORMANTON, WF6 2AZ

    ODS code B87039

    1.9 km

  • PATIENCE LANE SURGERY

    PATIENCE LANE, ALTOFTS, NORMANTON, WF6 2JZ

    ODS code B87602

    2.4 km

  • NEWLAND SURGERY

    NEWLAND LANE, NORMANTON, WF6 1QD

    ODS code B87033

    2.6 km

  • HEALTH CARE FIRST PARTNERSHIP

    PINFOLD SURGERY, PINFOLD LANE, MICKLETOWN METHLEY, LEEDS, LS26 9AA

    ODS code B87030

    2.6 km

  • HENRY MOORE CLINIC

    26 SMAWTHORNE LANE, CASTLEFORD, WF10 4EN

    ODS code B87018

    3.2 km

  • CASTLEFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WELBECK STREET, CASTLEFORD, WF10 1DP

    ODS code B87025

    3.3 km

  • RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    SAVILE ROAD, CASTLEFORD, WF10 1PH

    ODS code B87005

    3.3 km

  • NOVA SCOTIA MEDICAL CNTR

    22A LEEDS ROAD, ALLERTON BYWATER, CASTLEFORD, WF10 2DP

    ODS code B86089

    4.2 km

  • STATION LANE

    STATION LANE MEDICAL CENTRE, STATION LANE, FEATHERSTONE, PONTEFRACT, WF7 6JL

    ODS code B87032

    4.7 km

  • STANLEY

    STANLEY HEALTH CENTRE, LAKE LOCK ROAD, STANLEY, WAKEFIELD, WF3 4HS

    ODS code B87019

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Choke Churl Bridge

    BCT · Whitwood

    0.1 miles

  • Choke Churl Bridge

    BCT · Whitwood

    0.1 miles

  • Whitwood Freight Centre

    BCT · Whitwood

    0.2 miles

  • Whitwood Freight Centre

    BCT · Whitwood

    0.2 miles

  • Pope Street

    BCT · Whitwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 013A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,049 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Normanton Common Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 868 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

691 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 261 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.