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N12 8LY

West Finchley · Barnet · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
West Finchley
Local authority
Barnet
Constituency
Finchley and Golders Green
Postcode district
N12
Postcode sector
N12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
N12 8TZ 17 m
N12 8LZ 22 m
N12 8EG 76 m
N12 0EW 77 m
N12 8EQ 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
N12 8LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
N
Postcode district
N12
Postcode sector
N12 8
Latitude
51.612862
Longitude
-0.177844
British National Grid easting
526,262
British National Grid northing
192,020

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Barnet · E09000003
Electoral ward
West Finchley · E05013648
Parish or community
E43000193
Westminster constituency
Finchley and Golders Green · E14001238
Output area
E00001478
Lower layer super output area
Barnet 019C · E01000302
Middle layer super output area
Barnet 019 · E02000042

Postcode source versions

Explore N12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
175
Primary
91
Secondary
29

  1. St Michael's Catholic Grammar School

    Voluntary aided school

    257 m

  2. Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School

    Academy converter

    314 m

  3. Northside Primary School

    Community school

    368 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,936
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,064
  • Anti social behaviour 646
  • Vehicle crime 519
  • Other theft 288
  • Shoplifting 241

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

27 female, 12 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
3.9
N12 8 residents
7,850

Age bands in N12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,327 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

684 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.9%

2,848 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.7%

1,880 residents

Age 65 and over
15.1%

1,196 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider N12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
64%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
64%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
64%
Gigabit-capable
56%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
64%
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

52

within 5 km

  • BARNET FEDERATED GPS LIMITED

    311 BALLARDS LANE, FINCHLEY, LONDON, N12 8LY

    ODS code Y05258

    0 m

  • HOMELESS ACTION IN BARNET

    36B WOODHOUSE ROAD, NORTH FINCHLEY, LONDON, N12 0RG

    ODS code E83666

    248 m

  • CORNWALL HOUSE SURGERY

    TORRINGTON PARK HEALTH CENTRE, 16 TORRINGTON PARK, LONDON, N12 9SS

    ODS code E83013

    493 m

  • THE SPEEDWELL PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, TORRINGTON PARK, NORTH FINCHLEY, LONDON, N12 9SS

    ODS code E83010

    493 m

  • TORRINGTON PARK GROUP PRACTICE

    TORRINGTON PARK HEALTH CENTRE, 16 TORRINGTON PARK, NORTH FINCHLEY, LONDON, N12 9SS

    ODS code E83021

    493 m

  • WENTWORTH GROUP PRACTICE - FINCHLEY

    38 WENTWORTH AVENUE, FINCHLEY, LONDON, N3 1YL

    ODS code E83035

    899 m

  • SQUIRES LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 SQUIRES LANE, FINCHLEY, LONDON, N3 2AU

    ODS code E83007

    1.2 km

  • FRIERN BARNET MEDICAL CENTRE

    15-16 ST JOHNS VILLAS, FRIERN BARNET ROAD, LONDON, N11 3BU

    ODS code E83045

    1.5 km

  • LICHFIELD GROVE SURGERY

    64 LICHFIELD GROVE, FINCHLEY, LONDON, N3 2JP

    ODS code E83005

    1.8 km

  • ROSEMARY SURGERY

    2 ROSEMARY AVENUE, FINCHLEY, LONDON, N3 2QN

    ODS code E83639

    1.8 km

  • OAKLEIGH ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    280 OAKLEIGH ROAD NORTH, WHETSTONE, LONDON, N20 0DH

    ODS code E83003

    1.9 km

  • SUPREME MEDICAL CENTRE

    SUPREME HOUSE, 300 REGENTS PARK ROAD, FINCHLEY, LONDON, N3 2JX

    ODS code E83026

    1.9 km

  • ST ANDREWS MEDICAL PRACTICE.

    50 OAKLEIGH ROAD NORTH, WHETSTONE, LONDON, N20 9EX

    ODS code E83024

    2.0 km

  • WOODLANDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    54 LEOPOLD ROAD, EAST FINCHLEY, LONDON, N2 8BG

    ODS code Y00316

    2.3 km

  • THE MOUNTFIELD SURGERY

    55 MOUNTFIELD ROAD, FINCHLEY, LONDON, N3 3NR

    ODS code E83638

    2.3 km

  • COLNEY HATCH LANE SURGERY

    192 COLNEY HATCH LANE, MUSWELL HILL, LONDON, N10 1ET

    ODS code E83034

    2.5 km

  • BRUNSWICK PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BRUNSWICK PARK ROAD, NEW SOUTHGATE, LONDON, N11 1EY

    ODS code E83621

    2.7 km

  • EAST FINCHLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    39 BARONSMERE ROAD, EAST FINCHLEY, LONDON, N2 9QD

    ODS code E83050

    2.9 km

  • HEATHFIELDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LYTTELTON ROAD, FINCHLEY, BARNET, LONDON, N2 0EQ

    ODS code E83008

    3.1 km

  • RUTLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    40 COLNEY HATCH LANE, LONDON, N10 1DU

    ODS code F85688

    3.1 km

Showing 20 of 52 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • North Finchley Bus Station

    BCT · North Finchley

    0.0 miles

  • North Finchley Bus Station

    BCT · North Finchley

    0.1 miles

  • Tally Ho Corner

    BCT · North Finchley

    0.1 miles

  • Kingsway / North Finchley

    BCT · North Finchley

    0.1 miles

  • North Finchley Bus Station

    BCT · North Finchley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barnet 019C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,710 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
0
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

175 open schools are in scope, including 91 primary and 29 secondary schools. St Michael's Catholic Grammar School is the nearest published school at 257 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,936 published events cover 12 months, averaging 328 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,064 events.

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