United Kingdom · Yorkshire and The Humber · Local Authority
Wakefield
Metropolitan district · Yorkshire and The Humber, England · population ~352k · 141 state-funded schools
Accessible housing costs paired with lower earning potential define Wakefield. A median house costs 5.6 times median annual gross pay, while monthly rent consumes 26.4% of earnings. These figures are relatively moderate, yet they reflect a local economy where weekly pay of £689.10 sits below the regional median. The trade-off for this affordability is found in social indicators, as the recorded crime rate of 108.4 per 1,000 residents is higher than 89% of England authorities. Furthermore, the deprivation score is slightly above the regional median. This location suits those prioritising a lower barrier to entry for property ownership, provided they are comfortable with the local crime and deprivation levels that these housing costs help to offset.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Wakefield ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£35,833/yr
Very low
Worse than 86% of UK LAs
House price
£200,000
Most affordable
Better than 80% of UK LAs
Rent
£787/mo
Affordable
Better than 76% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,297/yr
Cheapest
Better than 80% of UK LAs
Crime
108.4/1k
Highest
Worse than 90% of UK LAs
Deprivation
27.3
Most deprived
Worse than 82% of UK LAs
Schools
91.5%
Weak
Worse than 62% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
157 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
129 of 141 (91.5%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 16 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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141 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 141 schools, sortable and filterable.
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