Schools
37 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. Alderwood School is the nearest published school at 799 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
GU12 4WP
North Town · Rushmoor · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- North Town
- Local authority
- Rushmoor
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Postcode district
- GU12
- Postcode sector
- GU12 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- GU12 4WP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 2004
- Terminated
- 1 October 2005
- Postcode area
- GU
- Postcode district
- GU12
- Postcode sector
- GU12 4
- Latitude
- 51.241930
- Longitude
- -0.739906
- British National Grid easting
- 488,056
- British National Grid northing
- 149,949
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Rushmoor · E07000092
- Electoral ward
- North Town · E05008996
- Parish or community
- E43000073
- Westminster constituency
- Aldershot · E14001063
- Output area
- E00117492
- Lower layer super output area
- Rushmoor 012D · E01023123
- Middle layer super output area
- Rushmoor 012 · E02004813
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore GU12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 37
- Primary
- 26
- Secondary
- 4
- 799 m
Alderwood School
Community school
- 808 m
Ash Manor School
Community school
- 983 m
Walsh CofE Infant School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,603
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,093
- Shoplifting 274
- Anti social behaviour 239
- Criminal damage and arson 207
- Public order 202
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- GU12 4 residents
- 14,971
Age bands in GU12 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.8%
2,705 residents
1,641 residents
4,849 residents
4,052 residents
1,945 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
THE BORDER PRACTICE
BLACKWATER WAY, ALDERSHOT, GU12 4DN
ODS code J82142
113 m
PRINCES GARDENS SURGERY
2A HIGH STREET, ALDERSHOT, GU11 1BJ
ODS code J82178
2.1 km
THE CAMBRIDGE PRACTICE
ALDERSHOT CENTRE FOR HEALTH, HOSPITAL HILL, ALDERSHOT, GU11 1AY
ODS code J82066
2.3 km
THE WELLINGTON PRACTICE
ALDERSHOT CENTRE FOR HLTH, HOSPITAL HILL, ALDERSHOT, GU11 1AY
ODS code J82198
2.3 km
FARNHAM PARK HEALTH GROUP
FARNHAM CENTRE FOR HEALTH, HALE ROAD, FARNHAM, GU9 9QS
ODS code H81027
3.9 km
NORTH CAMP SURGERY
2 QUEENS ROAD, FARNBOROUGH, GU14 6DH
ODS code J82630
3.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
North Lane
BCT · North Town
- 0.2 miles
White Lion
BCT · North Town
- 0.2 miles
Herrett Street
BCT · North Town
- 0.2 miles
Herrett Street
BCT · North Town
- 0.2 miles
White Lion
BCT · North Town
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rushmoor 012D, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
23,278 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
Recorded crime
2,603 published events cover 12 months, averaging 216.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,093 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.