Featherstone
Lower house prices, with local trade-offs to explore
Featherstone at a glance
- House prices
- £180,000
- Lower prices13th percentile
- Schools
- 40th percentile
- Middle
- Transport
- 54th percentile
- Middle
- Crime rate
- 126.9 per 1,000 residents
- Weak14th percentile
- Flood risk
- 4.7% of the area in flood zones
- Middle48th percentile
Underlying data dates vary by measure.
How to read these figuresIs Featherstone a good place to live?
Featherstone may be a good fit for people who value lower house prices. The available data also shows the share of land in flood zones is around the middle for England and schools are around the national middle range. Crime data appears weaker, so those factors are worth checking against your priorities.
You can also compare nearby neighbourhoods in Wakefield below.
Best fit and trade-offs
May suit
- Buyers looking for lower house prices
Watch out for
- Crime data appears weaker than many neighbourhoods nationally
Crime rate in Featherstone
Crime rate
- Crime rate
- 126.9 per 1,000 residents
- Percentile
- 14th percentile nationally
Recorded crime is higher than in most neighbourhoods nationally.
Recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to June 2026. Higher crime percentiles indicate lower recorded crime. Busy centres can show high rates because crimes are counted where they happen but divided by the people who live there.
House prices in Featherstone
House prices
- Median sale price
- £180,000
- Percentile
- 13th percentile nationally
House prices appear lower than many neighbourhoods nationally.
Median of 181 standard sales over the 12 months to June 2026, from HM Land Registry. Lower price percentiles indicate lower prices nationally. This is an area figure, not a valuation of a particular home.
Schools in Featherstone
Schools
40th percentile nationally
Higher percentiles indicate stronger schools indicators nationally.
Flood risk in Featherstone
Flood risk
4.7% of the area in flood zones 2 or 3
Land in Environment Agency river and sea flood zones 2 or 3. Zone 3, the higher-probability zone, covers 2.3% of the area. That is the 48th percentile among neighbourhoods in England, where higher means more flood-zone land. Surface water is not included, and this is not an address-level assessment: check the flood map for the specific property.
Transport in Featherstone
Transport
54th percentile nationally
Higher percentiles indicate stronger transport indicators nationally.
What the full report adds
This public guide covers headline signals for crime, house prices, schools, flood risk and transport. The full report adds deeper lifestyle, health, green space, family and local life data, plus tools to compare and shortlist neighbourhoods.
FAQs
Is Featherstone a good place to live?
Featherstone may be a good fit for people who value lower house prices. The available data also shows the share of land in flood zones is around the middle for England and schools are around the national middle range. Crime data appears weaker, so those factors are worth checking against your priorities.
Is Featherstone safe?
Featherstone ranks in the 14th percentile for crime data; in this dataset, a higher percentile indicates lower crime.
What are house prices like in Featherstone?
The median sale price was £180,000 in the 12 months to June 2026. House prices are in the 13th percentile nationally; lower percentiles indicate lower prices.
How are schools in Featherstone?
Schools rank in the 40th percentile nationally for this public profile.
What neighbourhoods are near Featherstone?
Nearby public profiles include Pontefract North in Wakefield and Normanton in Wakefield.
