7,914
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 50%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
157 · 8.7 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£170,125
Median property price
425
Postcodes
Overview of Featherstone
Coordinates53.6784, -1.3713
Postcodes
425
Population (Census)
18,078
Households (Census)
7,914
Recorded crime · May '26
157 · 8.7 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Featherstone
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.53 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.53 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Featherstone
Property sales · Featherstone
HM Land Registry · Featherstone
Average price
£182,707
YoY: -2.5%
Median price: £170,125
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 9 sales · avg £179,611
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£220k£174k£128k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Featherstone
Crime trends · Featherstone
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1138250
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
69
YoY -39%
ASB
18102
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
8
YoY -56%
Vehicle Crime
18102
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
4
YoY -20%
Burglary
740
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
6
YoY +500%
Criminal damage
25179
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
14
YoY stable
Demographics in Featherstone
Ethnicity
White Brit.93.2%
Other White3.5%
+ other · 3.3%
Religion
Christian49.7%
No religion43.8%
Not answered5.1%
+ other · 1.4%
Age groups
50–6420.6%
35–4917.9%
25–3414.8%
65–749.9%
10–156.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.1%
Households
Other17.2%
Any member 66+13.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.7%
All members 66+8.8%
+ 7 other households · 39.0%
Schools in Featherstone
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy
Wakefield · WF7 6BQ
Good
1.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Featherstone Girnhill Infant School
Wakefield · WF7 5JB
Good
0.5 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–7
Featherstone North Featherstone Junior and Infant School
Wakefield · WF7 6LW
Good
0.9 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Featherstone Purston Infant School
Wakefield · WF7 5HF
Good
0.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–7
Sharlston Community School
Wakefield · WF4 1DH
Good
1.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Wakefield · WF7 6BD
Good
1.3 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18
The Featherstone Academy
Wakefield · WF7 5AJ
Good
1.2 mi
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16
Featherstone Purston St Thomas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School
Wakefield · WF7 5BG
Requires improvement
0.5 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11
Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School
Wakefield · WF7 6DJ
Requires improvement
1.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Hammer Lane Academy
Wakefield · WF4 1DH
1.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–7
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Featherstone
Postcodes in Featherstone
WF4 1AFWF4 1AGWF4 1AHWF4 1AJWF4 1ALWF4 1APWF4 1AQWF4 1ARWF4 1ASWF4 1ATWF4 1AUWF4 1AXWF4 1AYWF4 1AZWF4 1BAWF4 1BEWF4 1BGWF4 1BHWF4 1BJWF4 1BLWF4 1BPWF4 1BQWF4 1BSWF4 1BTWF4 1BUWF4 1DAWF4 1DBWF4 1DDWF4 1DEWF4 1DFWF4 1DGWF4 1DHWF4 1DNWF4 1DPWF4 1DQWF4 1DRWF4 1DSWF4 1DTWF4 1DUWF4 1DWWF4 1DXWF4 1DYWF4 1DZWF4 1EAWF4 1EBWF4 1EDWF4 1EEWF4 1EFWF4 1EGWF4 1EHWF4 1EJWF4 1ELWF4 1ENWF4 1EPWF4 1EQWF4 1ERWF4 1ESWF4 1ETWF4 1EWWF4 1PTWF4 1PUWF4 1PXWF4 1RSWF4 1TGWF4 1THWF4 1TJWF4 1TQWF4 1WXWF4 1XAWF6 1FDWF6 1FLWF6 1FSWF6 1GXWF6 1GYWF6 1RHWF6 1RLWF6 1RSWF6 1RTWF6 1RUWF6 1TNWF6 1ZBWF7 5AAWF7 5ABWF7 5ADWF7 5AEWF7 5AFWF7 5AGWF7 5AHWF7 5AJWF7 5ALWF7 5ANWF7 5APWF7 5AQWF7 5ARWF7 5ATWF7 5AUWF7 5AXWF7 5AZWF7 5BAWF7 5BBWF7 5BDWF7 5BEWF7 5BGWF7 5BHWF7 5BJWF7 5BLWF7 5BNWF7 5BPWF7 5BQWF7 5BSWF7 5BTWF7 5BUWF7 5BXWF7 5BYWF7 5DAWF7 5DDWF7 5DEWF7 5DFWF7 5DHWF7 5DJ