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GL12 8JR

Kingswood · Stroud · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL12 8JP 364 m
GL12 8JW 441 m
GL12 8EP 491 m
GL12 8ER 536 m
GL12 7PW 721 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL12 8JR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8
Latitude
51.634922
Longitude
-2.380663
British National Grid easting
373,751
British National Grid northing
192,970

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
E00113777
Lower layer super output area
Stroud 015A · E01022381
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
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1

  1. Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  2. Kingswood Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

  3. Charfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
161
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 76
  • Other theft 20
  • Anti social behaviour 19
  • Burglary 9
  • Public order 9

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHIPPING SURGERY

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

    ODS code L84051

    1.8 km

  • CULVERHAY SURGERY

    CULVERHAY, WOTTON UNDER EDGE, GL12 7LS

    ODS code L84027

    2.3 km

Nearby transport

  • New Mills Roundabout

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.2 miles

  • New Mills Roundabout

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.2 miles

  • Charfield Road

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.6 miles

  • Charfield Road

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.6 miles

  • The Limes

    BCT · Charfield

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 015A, 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

27,097 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

161 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.417 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.