Normanton (Wakefield)

14°CSunny

• Today: 17° / 11° · 5% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:38

13h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

183 reported · July 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences75
• Public order27
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Criminal damage & arson17

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield West · West Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

589 reported road collisions (2024)

187 killed or seriously injured · 754 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

173 food businesses within 2 miles

• 142 rated 4–5 ★ (118 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Normanton (0.9 km)
• 53 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,519 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£800 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £572
• 2 bed £721
• 3 bed £863

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.9p · Asda (9.7 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

52 charging locations within ~8 km

• 32 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: West Street Car Park (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

353,364 residents in Wakefield · 1,044/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 64 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,297 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (48% of 165,130)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

158 schools · 56,852 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 51 of 61 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

141inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

304 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices42
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wakefield

• Not in the Green Belt
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

257 applications decided

90.3% granted · 232 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 1
• LD 2
• Grn 1
• Ref 55
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés43

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£689 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,460 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 204,474 certificates

13.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.8 women · 54 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Normanton and Hemsworth:

• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance507 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office465 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership337 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s292 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test282 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  All Saints' Church, Normanton · 0.4 km

  All Saints' Church is the parish church in Normanton, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Normanton (constituency) · 0.4 km

  Normanton was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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  Outwood Academy Freeston · 0.4 km

  Outwood Academy Freeston, formerly The Freeston Academy, is a state run, coeducational high school situated in Normanton, West Yorkshire near the city of Wakefield. It is a Business and Enterprise specialist school.

• Normanton (electoral ward) · 0.5 km

  Normanton is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.

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  Normanton, West Yorkshire · 0.5 km

  Normanton is a town in the civil parish of Normanton and Altofts, in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is located north-east of Wakefield and south-west of Castleford. The civil parish extends west…

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  Altofts · 0.5 km

  Altofts is a village located in the civil parish of Normanton and Altofts, which forms part of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. This village is situated between Wakefield and Castleford, being just on…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)