Schools
57 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 6 secondary schools. Overthorpe CofE Academy is the nearest published school at 303 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WF12 0EF
Dewsbury South · Kirklees · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Dewsbury
- Ward
- Dewsbury South
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Postcode district
- WF12
- Postcode sector
- WF12 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WF12 0EF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WF
- Postcode district
- WF12
- Postcode sector
- WF12 0
- Latitude
- 53.662348
- Longitude
- -1.629797
- British National Grid easting
- 424,561
- British National Grid northing
- 418,491
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Kirklees · E08000034
- Electoral ward
- Dewsbury South · E05016513
- Parish or community
- E43000188
- Westminster constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley · E14001196
- Output area
- E00056706
- Lower layer super output area
- Kirklees 028D · E01011255
- Middle layer super output area
- Kirklees 028 · E02002298
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 WF12
Property
7 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 33, Thorn Road, Dewsbury, WF12 0EF | 4 February 2019 | £95,000 |
| 20, Thorn Road, Dewsbury, WF12 0EF | 10 August 2012 | £70,000 |
| 37, Thorn Road, Dewsbury, WF12 0EF | 24 June 2011 | £81,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 57
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 6
- 303 m
Overthorpe CofE Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 462 m
Thornhill Junior and Infant School
Academy converter
- 839 m
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,313
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 665
- Anti social behaviour 114
- Public order 107
- Criminal damage and arson 100
- Other theft 63
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 18
- Postcode households
- 7
- Residents per household
- 2.6
- WF12 0 residents
- 9,966
10 female, 8 male
Age bands in WF12 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 18%
1,828 residents
1,192 residents
2,260 residents
2,625 residents
1,736 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF12 0 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+
- 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
14
within 5 km straight-line
THE PADDOCK SURGERY
CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH
ODS code B85038
384 m
THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE
140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW
ODS code B85606
1.2 km
SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE
SAVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, THE SIDINGS, DEWSBURY, WF12 9QU
ODS code B85652
2.1 km
SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.
SCARBOROUGH STREET, SAVILE TOWN, DEWSBURY, DEWSBURY, WF12 9AY
ODS code B85645
2.2 km
MIDDLESTOWN
MIDDLESTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, NEW ROAD, MIDDLESTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4PA
ODS code B87001
2.3 km
DR MAHMOOD & PARTNERS
NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY
ODS code B85650
2.7 km
NORTH ROAD SUITE,RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CTR
RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE, NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY
ODS code B85009
2.7 km
CALDER VIEW SURGERY
DEWSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85004
3.1 km
EIGHTLANDS SURGERY
WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85020
3.1 km
WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE
2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD
ODS code B85620
3.5 km
THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE
47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ
ODS code B85646
3.7 km
OSSETT SURGERY
OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF
ODS code B87031
3.7 km
HEALDS ROAD SURGERY
HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT
ODS code B85055
4.4 km
MIRFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
DOCTOR LANE, MIRFIELD, WF14 8DU
ODS code B85019
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Thornhill Edge
BCT · Thornhill
- 0.1 miles
Cross Road
BCT · Thornhill
- 0.1 miles
Cross Road
BCT · Thornhill
- 0.2 miles
Overthorpe Park
BCT · Thornhill
- 0.2 miles
Overthorpe Park
BCT · Thornhill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 028D, 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
2,405 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
Recorded crime
1,313 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 665 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.