Durkar & Crigglestone

Wakefield · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 6,629 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,979 of 6,856 in England
  • #155 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #6 of 45 in Wakefield
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,718
Median age (est.)47
Density885per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above29%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 6%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Durkar & Crigglestone is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,979 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 45 in Wakefield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (80) and lowest on Housing & access (43). Typical homes here, about £230,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 25% in five years (from 103 sales), 12% above the wider Wakefield median of £205,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #264 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £39,354 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 80 · #1,355
Employment 71 · #1,972
Education 55 · #3,062
Health 57 · #2,939
Crime 53 · #3,213
Housing & access 43 · #3,878
Living environment 51 · #3,343

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +5.1% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000103+5.1%+25.0%
Detached£300,00032+1.7%+13.2%
Semi-detached£220,00047+2.3%+29.4%
Terraced£177,00021-1.1%+33.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£230,000
Wakefield£205,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£39,354±£5,600 · #3,615 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,225
Price-to-income ?5.8×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 429 offences
Wakefield110
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #3,193 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences228
Theft41
Burglary22
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons43
Drugs7
Robbery2
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 62 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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