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WF5 8LR

Ossett · Wakefield · England

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Ward
Ossett
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale
Postcode district
WF5
Postcode sector
WF5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF5 8LS 51 m
WF5 8LW 82 m
WF5 8NQ 97 m
WF5 8NA 161 m
WF5 8LU 162 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF5 8LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF5
Postcode sector
WF5 8
Latitude
53.671205
Longitude
-1.584114
British National Grid easting
427,574
British National Grid northing
419,493

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Ossett · E05016534
Parish or community
E43000299
Westminster constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale · E14001418
Output area
E00059632
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 025A · E01011829
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 025 · E02002462

Postcode source versions

Explore WF5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
66
Primary
45
Secondary
7

  1. Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery

    Foundation school

    449 m

  2. Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    483 m

  3. St Ignatius Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    687 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,151
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 508
  • Anti social behaviour 127
  • Public order 87
  • Burglary 78
  • Vehicle crime 78

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF5 8 residents
6,272

Age bands in WF5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,048 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

635 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.4%

1,430 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

1,840 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

1,436 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

16

within 5 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    1.1 km

  • MIDDLESTOWN

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

    ODS code B87001

    2.5 km

  • ORCHARD CROFT

    CLUNTERGATE, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD, WF4 5BY

    ODS code B87002

    2.6 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    2.8 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

    SCARBOROUGH STREET, SAVILE TOWN, DEWSBURY, DEWSBURY, WF12 9AY

    ODS code B85645

    3.0 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW

    ODS code B85606

    3.1 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SAVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, THE SIDINGS, DEWSBURY, WF12 9QU

    ODS code B85652

    3.4 km

  • WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD

    ODS code B85620

    3.6 km

  • CALDER VIEW SURGERY

    DEWSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85004

    3.9 km

  • EIGHTLANDS SURGERY

    WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85020

    3.9 km

  • LUPSET HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code B87008

    4.0 km

  • THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ

    ODS code B85646

    4.3 km

  • HOMESTEAD

    HOMESTEAD MEDICAL CENTRE, HOMESTEAD DRIVE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 9PE

    ODS code B87022

    4.5 km

  • LOCALA CALDERDALE SAS

    PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR

    ODS code Y02645

    4.5 km

  • LOCALA KIRKLEES SAS

    LOCALA SAS, PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR

    ODS code Y00081

    4.5 km

  • ALVERTHORPE

    BALNE LANE, WAKEFIELD, WF2 0DP

    ODS code B87044

    4.6 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

  • Healey Rd Healey Drive

    BCT · Healey

    0.0 miles

  • Healey Rd Healey Drive

    BCT · Healey

    0.0 miles

  • Healey Road Gas Works

    BCT · Healey

    0.2 miles

  • Healey Road Gas Works

    BCT · Healey

    0.2 miles

  • Healey Road South St

    BCT · Ossett

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 025A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,043 of 33,755

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

66 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 7 secondary schools. Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 449 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,151 published events cover 12 months, averaging 95.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 508 events.

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