WF4 2FD

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 2EJ 28 m
WF4 2EF 61 m
WF4 2FB 74 m
WF4 2FQ 118 m
WF4 2BD 128 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 2FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 2
Latitude
53.624379
Longitude
-1.411061
British National Grid easting
439,050
British National Grid northing
414,364

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E04000239
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059370
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 040A · E01011771
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 040 · E02002477

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

41 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Hemmingway Close, Havercroft, Wakefield, WF4 2FD 25 March 2025 £213,000
12, Hemmingway Close, Havercroft, Wakefield, WF4 2FD 28 February 2025 £190,000
20, Hemmingway Close, Havercroft, Wakefield, WF4 2FD 20 December 2023 £205,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
20
Secondary
4
  1. Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green

    Academy sponsor led

    395 m
  2. Ryhill Junior, Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    509 m
  3. South Hiendley Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
440
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 222
  • Public order 40
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Burglary 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

26 female, 32 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.9% 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
22.7%

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

4

within 5 km

  • CROFTON AND SHARLSTON MED PRAC

    SLACK LANE, CROFTON, WAKEFIELD, WF4 1HJ

    ODS code B87028

    3.7 km

  • ROYSTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C85005

    3.8 km

  • THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGHFIELD ROAD, HEMSWORTH, PONTEFRACT, WF9 4DP

    ODS code B87026

    4.0 km

  • HIGH STREET PRACTICE

    48 HIGH STREET, ROYSTON, BARNSLEY, S71 4RF

    ODS code C85024

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mulberry Place

    BCT · Ryhill

    0.1 miles
  • Madeley Road

    BCT · Havercroft

    0.1 miles
  • Madeley Road

    BCT · Havercroft

    0.2 miles
  • Mulberry Place

    BCT · Ryhill

    0.2 miles
  • Havercroft Club

    BCT · Havercroft

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 040A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,353 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £213,000 from 5 recorded sales in WF4 2FD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wakefield is £198,519 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green is the nearest published school at 395 m.

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

Recorded crime

440 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 222 events.

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