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WF9 1LR

Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · Wakefield · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton
Local authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF9 1LP 55 m
WF9 1LW 656 m
WF9 1LN 662 m
WF9 1LS 831 m
WF9 1LY 833 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF9 1LR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2009
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF9
Postcode sector
WF9 1
Latitude
53.608373
Longitude
-1.251938
British National Grid easting
449,593
British National Grid northing
412,682

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Wakefield · E08000036
Electoral ward
Ackworth, North Elmsall & Upton · E05016524
Parish or community
E04013434
Westminster constituency
Normanton and Hemsworth · E14001383
Output area
E00059782
Lower layer super output area
Wakefield 041D · E01011858
Middle layer super output area
Wakefield 041 · E02002478

Postcode source versions

Explore WF9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
10
Secondary
2

  1. Upton Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km

  2. Ash Grove Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.6 km

  3. Minsthorpe Community College

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
260
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 131
  • Vehicle crime 27
  • Anti social behaviour 25
  • Other theft 24
  • Criminal damage and arson 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF9 1 residents
7,189

Age bands in WF9 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,278 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

755 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.5%

1,845 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

2,096 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

1,252 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • WHITE ROSE SURGERY

    EXCHANGE STREET, SOUTH ELMSALL, PONTEFRACT, WF9 2RD

    ODS code B87016

    3.1 km

  • LANGTHWAITE SURGERY

    CHURCH VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, LANGTHWAITE RD, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP

    ODS code B87036

    4.4 km

  • PARK GREEN SURGERY

    LANGTHWAITE ROAD, LANGTHWAITE GRANGE IND ESTATE, SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WF9 3AP

    ODS code B87006

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Railway Cottages

    BCT · Wrangbrook

    0.4 miles

  • Railway Cottages

    BCT · Wrangbrook

    0.5 miles

  • Barnsdale Way

    BCT · Upton

    0.5 miles

  • Barnsdale Way

    BCT · Upton

    0.5 miles

  • Bell Street

    BCT · Upton

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wakefield 041D, 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

13,211 of 33,755

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

13 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Upton Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

260 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 131 events.

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