GL12 8JL

Kingswood · Stroud · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Stroud
Constituency
South Cotswolds
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL12 8JN 50 m
GL12 7LF 526 m
GL12 8RB 544 m
GL12 8SB 560 m
GL12 7FB 580 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL12 8JL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8
Latitude
51.629871
Longitude
-2.356797
British National Grid easting
375,400
British National Grid northing
192,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Stroud · E07000082
Electoral ward
Kingswood · E05013191
Parish or community
E04013026
Westminster constituency
South Cotswolds · E14001482
Output area
E00113955
Lower layer super output area
Stroud 015B · E01022415
Middle layer super output area
Stroud 015 · E02004665

Postcode source versions

Explore GL12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

    Academy converter

    544 m
  2. Blue Coat CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    635 m
  3. Kingswood Primary School

    Community school

    812 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
179
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 76
  • Anti social behaviour 42
  • Other theft 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Public order 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
GL12 8 residents
9,801

Age bands in GL12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,606 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

988 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

2,314 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

3,099 residents

Age 65 and over
17.8%

1,728 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHIPPING SURGERY

    THE CHIPPING SURGERY, SYMN LANE, WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, GL12 7BD

    ODS code L84051

    692 m

  • CULVERHAY SURGERY

    CULVERHAY, WOTTON UNDER EDGE, GL12 7LS

    ODS code L84027

    1.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.3 miles
  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.3 miles
  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.4 miles
  • Brickfields

    BCT · Wotton-under-Edge

    0.4 miles
  • Pennwood Lodge

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 015B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,670 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is the nearest published school at 544 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

179 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 76 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.