Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 6 secondary schools. Healey Learning Centre is the nearest published school at 430 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
OL12 6AY
Healey · Rochdale · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- OL12 6AY
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- OL
- Postcode district
- OL12
- Postcode sector
- OL12 6
- Latitude
- 53.630624
- Longitude
- -2.174510
- British National Grid easting
- 388,557
- British National Grid northing
- 414,912
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Rochdale · E08000005
- Electoral ward
- Healey · E05014038
- Parish or community
- E43000159
- Westminster constituency
- Rochdale · E14001446
- Output area
- E00027781
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochdale 005D · E01005493
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochdale 005 · E02001136
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
- 66
- Primary
- 44
- Secondary
- 6
- 430 m
Healey Learning Centre
Other independent special school
- 636 m
Shawclough Community Primary School
Community school
- 716 m
Falinge Park High School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 53
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 17
- Public order 7
- Criminal damage and arson 7
- Anti social behaviour 6
- Vehicle crime 5
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- OL12 6 residents
- 10,236
Age bands in OL12 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.8%
2,160 residents
1,456 residents
2,914 residents
2,838 residents
1,897 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
21
within 5 km
HEALEY SURGERY
WHITWORTH ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 0SN
ODS code P86013
823 m
EDENFIELD ROAD SURGERY
CUTGATE SHOPPING PRECINCT, ROCHDALE, OL11 5AQ
ODS code P86003
1.3 km
ASHWORTH STREET SURGERY
85 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RT
ODS code P86006
1.4 km
THE DAWES FAMILY PRACTICE
83 SPOTLAND ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL12 6RX
ODS code P86026
1.4 km
YORKSHIRE ST SURGERY
188 YORKSHIRE STREET, ROCHDALE, OL16 2DN
ODS code P86005
1.9 km
MARK STREET SURGERY
2 MARK STREET, ROCHDALE, OL12 9BE
ODS code P86008
2.1 km
CROFT SHIFA HEALTH CENTRE
BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UP
ODS code P86014
2.5 km
DR A HAMID
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86614
2.5 km
DR GWD BHIMA
1ST FLOOR, BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86002
2.5 km
DR MB GHAFOOR & PARTNERS
1ST FLOOR, NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86619
2.5 km
THE DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
2ND FLOOR NYE BEVAN HOUSE, MACLURE ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1DN
ODS code P86609
2.5 km
INSPIRE MEDICAL CENTRE
2ND FLR CROFT SHIFA HC, BELFIELD ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL16 2UY
ODS code P86017
2.6 km
WELLFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
116 OLDHAM ROAD, ROCHDALE, OL11 1AD
ODS code P86007
3.2 km
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE
285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y02720
3.3 km
WINTER PRESSURES
THE KINGSWAY PRACTICE, 285A KINGSWAY, ROCHDALE, OL16 4AT
ODS code Y05250
3.3 km
WHITWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
MARKET STREET, WHITWORTH, ROCHDALE, OL12 8QS
ODS code P81088
3.4 km
CASTLETON HEALTH CENTRE
2 ELIZABETH STREET, CASTLETON, ROCHDALE, OL11 3HY
ODS code P86009
3.8 km
KIRKHOLT MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE STRAND, KIRKHOLT, ROCHDALE, OL11 2JG
ODS code Y02721
4.3 km
LITTLEBOROUGH GROUP PRACTICE
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86018
4.9 km
PENNINE SURGERY
LITTLEBOROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, FEATHERSTALL ROAD, LITTLEBOROUGH, OL15 8HF
ODS code P86021
4.9 km
Showing 20 of 21 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
- 0.0 miles
The Healey
BCT · Shawclough
- 0.1 miles
The Healey
BCT · Shawclough
- 0.1 miles
Fallowfield Drive
BCT · Shawclough
- 0.1 miles
Fallowfield Drive
BCT · Shawclough
- 0.2 miles
Troughbeck Way
BCT · Shawclough
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 005D, 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
22,339 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
53 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.