Upton (Wakefield)

8°CMist

• Today: 15° / 6° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:34

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

50 reported · August 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Public order6
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield East · West Yorkshire

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

555 reported road collisions (2025)

167 killed or seriously injured · 722 casualties · 15.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 115 rated 4–5 ★ (96 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: South Elmsall (2.3 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£199,283 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£806 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £576
• 2 bed £726
• 3 bed £869

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

4,321 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Next Distribution LTD (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds5

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,357
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,379
• Net moves+1,978

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 63 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

157 schools · 56,122 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 26 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

302 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices42
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies83
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wakefield

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

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

307 applications decided

93.5% granted · 287 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jon Trickett

Labour

Normanton and Hemsworth

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

77% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 54% · Gas 14% · Wind 13% · Imports 10%

119 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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

7 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in WF9

• The Poplars - Bcss Inpatient Unit
• Park Green Surgery
• White Rose Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Normanton and Hemsworth:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth262 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND172 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK164 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months157 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants144 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Minsthorpe Community College · 1.5 km

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