Schools
75 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 8 secondary schools. Whitehall Academy is the nearest published school at 166 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL12 0LX
Central Rochdale · Rochdale · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Central Rochdale
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Postcode district
- OL12
- Postcode sector
- OL12 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL12 0LX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1998
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL12
- Postcode sector
- OL12 0
- Latitude
- 53.623429
- Longitude
- -2.158061
- British National Grid easting
- 389,643
- British National Grid northing
- 414,109
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Rochdale · E08000005
- Electoral ward
- Central Rochdale · E05014036
- Parish or community
- E43000159
- Westminster constituency
- Rochdale · E14001446
- Output area
- E00027763
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochdale 010F · E01005486
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochdale 010 · E02001141
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 OL12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 75
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 8
- 166 m
Whitehall Academy
Other independent special school
- 173 m
Howard Street Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 250 m
Darul Madinah Rochdale Ltd
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 12
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 8
- Drugs 2
- Other theft 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OL12 0 residents
- 7,008
Age bands in OL12 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.3%
1,574 residents
839 residents
1,759 residents
1,512 residents
721 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
24
within 5 km straight-line
YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY
188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN
ODS code P86005
509 m
THE DAWES FAMILY PRACTICE
83 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RX
ODS code P86026
657 m
ASHWORTH STREET SURGERY
85 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RT
ODS code P86006
660 m
MARK STREET SURGERY
2 MARK STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 9BE
ODS code P86008
893 m
HEALEY SURGERY
WHITWORTH ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 0SN
ODS code P86013
1.1 km
CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE
BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP
ODS code P86014
1.2 km
INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FLR CROFT SHIFA HC, BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UY
ODS code P86017
1.3 km
DR A HAMID
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86614
1.3 km
DR GWD BHIMA
1ST FLOOR, BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86002
1.3 km
DR MB GHAFOOR & PARTNERS
1ST FLOOR, NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86619
1.3 km
THE DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86609
1.3 km
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE
285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y02720
1.9 km
WINTER PRESSURES
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y05250
1.9 km
WELLFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
116 OLDHAM ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1AD
ODS code P86007
2.0 km
EDENFIELD ROAD SURGERY
CUTGATE SHOPPING PRECINCT, ROCHDALE, OL11 5AQ
ODS code P86003
2.0 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
3.3 km
CASTLETON HEALTH CENTRE
2 ELIZABETH STREET, CASTLETON, ROCHDALE, OL11 3HY
ODS code P86009
3.4 km
LITTLEBOROUGH GROUP PRACTICE
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86018
4.2 km
PENNINE SURGERY
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86021
4.2 km
MILNROW VILLAGE PRACTICE
MILNROW & NEWHEY MEDICAL CENTRE, NEWHEY ROAD, NEWHEY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4JF
ODS code P86001
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Rochdale Infirmary
BCT · Rochdale Infirmary
- 0.1 miles
Howard Street
BCT · Rochdale Infirmary
- 0.1 miles
Rochdale Infirmary
BCT · Rochdale Infirmary
- 0.1 miles
Whitehall Street
BCT · Rochdale Infirmary
- 0.1 miles
Whitehall Street
BCT · Town Head
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 010F, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,455 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.