WF4 2ED

Crofton, Ryhill & Walton · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wakefield
Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 2FT 92 m
WF4 2EB 114 m
WF4 2PY 153 m
WF4 2FN 307 m
WF4 2EA 573 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 2ED
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 2
Latitude
53.637123
Longitude
-1.421954
British National Grid easting
438,318
British National Grid northing
415,776

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059365
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 032B · E01011766
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 032 · E02002469

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Stoneleigh Cottages, Wintersett, Wakefield, WF4 2ED 20 October 2017 £214,000
2, Stoneleigh Cottages, Wintersett, Wakefield, WF4 2ED 17 October 2016 £130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
16
Secondary
2
  1. Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  2. Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km
  3. Crofton Infant School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
139
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 77
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Public order 11
  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Burglary 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.6
WF4 2 residents
6,650

Age bands in WF4 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,090 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

644 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

1,505 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,899 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

1,396 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF4 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    2.2 km

  • ROYSTON GROUP PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, 65D MIDLAND ROAD, ROYSTON, BARNSLEY, S71 4QW

    ODS code C85005

    4.6 km

  • HIGH STREET PRACTICE

    48 HIGH STREET, ROYSTON, BARNSLEY, S71 4RF

    ODS code C85024

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Wintersett

    BCT · Wintersett

    0.1 miles
  • Wintersett

    BCT · Wintersett

    0.1 miles
  • Santingley Grange

    BCT · Wintersett

    0.3 miles
  • Santingley Grange

    BCT · Wintersett

    0.3 miles
  • Long Dam Lane

    BCT · Ryhill

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 032B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,985 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

139 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 77 events.

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