Wakefield

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 12° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:31

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

601 reported · July 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences208
• Anti-social behaviour68
• Shoplifting59
• Public order56

66 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield Central · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 408 rated 4–5 ★ (333 top)
• 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Wakefield Westgate (0.5 km)
• 100 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 (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (9 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Cheapside Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches56
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds14

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
• 160 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

Simon Lightwood

Labour (Co-op)

Wakefield and Rothwell

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)

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics14
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens41
• Restaurants & cafés209

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,581 jobs advertised · £42,445 avg

e.g. Roadside Rescue Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile

Source: Adzuna

£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

91% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Biomass 44% · Imports 6% · Gas 3%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wakefield and Rothwell:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office413 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance339 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership330 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s324 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth273 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Capture of Wakefield · 0.1 km

  The capture of Wakefield occurred during the First English Civil War when a Parliamentarian force attacked the Royalist garrison of Wakefield, Yorkshire. The Parliamentarians were outnumbered, having around 1,500 men…

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  Wakefield Cathedral · 0.1 km

  Wakefield Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, is a co-equal Anglican cathedral with Bradford and Ripon Cathedrals, in the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop o…

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  Wakefield · 0.1 km

  Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England, located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre…

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  City of Wakefield · 0.1 km

  Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre o…

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  The Ridings Centre · 0.1 km

  The Ridings Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping centre in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened on 17 October 1983. The pioneering centre was a UK first and subsequently served as a template for many shoppin…

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  Elizabethan Gallery · 0.2 km

  The Elizabethan Gallery is a Grade II* listed historic building in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)