WF4 3GL

Wakefield Rural · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wakefield
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF4 3EL 56 m
WF4 3EP 93 m
WF4 3EJ 104 m
WF4 3QQ 174 m
WF4 3HG 204 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF4 3GL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF4
Postcode sector
WF4 3
Latitude
53.637682
Longitude
-1.540447
British National Grid easting
430,483
British National Grid northing
415,781

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Parish or community
E04013423
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00060160
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 036C · E01011933
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 036 · E02002473

Postcode source versions

Explore WF4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School

    Community school

    393 m
  2. Crigglestone Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.3 km
  3. Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
587
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 304
  • Anti social behaviour 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 57
  • Public order 46
  • Other theft 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF4 3 residents
9,373

Age bands in WF4 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,483 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

869 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.6%

2,261 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

2,791 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

2,192 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

5

within 5 km

  • CHAPELTHORPE

    STANDBRIDGE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 7GP

    ODS code B87020

    2.3 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    2.6 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

    GEORGE-A-GREEN COURT, WAKEFIELD, WF2 8FE

    ODS code B87008

    4.0 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

    MIDDLESTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, NEW ROAD, MIDDLESTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4PA

    ODS code B87001

    4.2 km

  • MAYBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELLE ISLE HEALTH PARK, PORTOBELLO ROAD, WAKEFIELD, WF1 5PN

    ODS code B87012

    5.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cliff Road

    BCT · Great Cliff

    0.1 miles
  • Cliff Road

    BCT · Great Cliff

    0.1 miles
  • Bretton Lane Dennington Ln

    BCT · Great Cliff

    0.1 miles
  • Bretton Lane Dennington Ln

    BCT · Great Cliff

    0.1 miles
  • Mackie Hill School

    BCT · Painthorpe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 036C, 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

11,789 of 33,755

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

34 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School is the nearest published school at 393 m.

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

Recorded crime

587 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 304 events.

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