Schools
81 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 9 secondary schools. Eastborough Academy is the nearest published school at 211 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WF12 8AT
Dewsbury East · Kirklees · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Dewsbury
- Ward
- Dewsbury East
- Local authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Postcode district
- WF12
- Postcode sector
- WF12 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WF12 8AT
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WF
- Postcode district
- WF12
- Postcode sector
- WF12 8
- Latitude
- 53.691347
- Longitude
- -1.625061
- British National Grid easting
- 424,857
- British National Grid northing
- 421,719
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Kirklees · E08000034
- Electoral ward
- Dewsbury East · E05016512
- Parish or community
- E43000188
- Westminster constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley · E14001196
- Output area
- E00175513
- Lower layer super output area
- Kirklees 017B · E01011130
- Middle layer super output area
- Kirklees 017 · E02002287
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
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| The Galleries, 38, Wakefield Road, Dewsbury, WF12 8AT | 15 August 2018 | £275,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 81
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 9
- 211 m
Eastborough Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 697 m
Manor Croft Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 820 m
Al-Furqaan Preparatory School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,744
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,439
- Public order 398
- Shoplifting 395
- Anti social behaviour 250
- Drugs 235
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WF12 8 residents
- 6,844
Age bands in WF12 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.3%
1,483 residents
733 residents
1,969 residents
1,771 residents
996 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 0%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 100%
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
25
within 5 km straight-line
WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE
2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD
ODS code B85620
342 m
CALDER VIEW SURGERY
DEWSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85004
673 m
EIGHTLANDS SURGERY
WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85020
673 m
THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE
47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ
ODS code B85646
765 m
SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.
SCARBOROUGH STREET, SAVILE TOWN, DEWSBURY, DEWSBURY, WF12 9AY
ODS code B85645
1.0 km
SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE
SAVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, THE SIDINGS, DEWSBURY, WF12 9QU
ODS code B85652
1.2 km
MOUNT PLEASANT MED CENTRE
69 PURLWELL LANE, MOUNT PLEASANT, BATLEY, WF17 7PF
ODS code B85041
1.9 km
THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE
140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW
ODS code B85606
2.0 km
HEALDS ROAD SURGERY
HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT
ODS code B85055
2.0 km
LOCALA CALDERDALE SAS
PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR
ODS code Y02645
2.1 km
LOCALA KIRKLEES SAS
LOCALA SAS, PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR
ODS code Y00081
2.1 km
GROVE HOUSE SURGERY
SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS
ODS code B85018
2.3 km
BROUGHTON HOUSE GP SURGERY
20 NEW WAY, BATLEY, WF17 5QT
ODS code Y07275
2.6 km
WELLINGTON HOUSE
WELLINGTON HOUSE SURGERY, HENRIETTA STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DN
ODS code B85015
2.7 km
CHERRY TREE SURGERY
132 UPPER COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DH
ODS code B85655
2.7 km
BATLEY HEALTH CENTRE SURGERY
HEALTH CENTRE, 130 COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5ED
ODS code B85008
2.8 km
DR MAHMOOD & PARTNERS
NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY
ODS code B85650
2.8 km
NORTH ROAD SUITE,RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CTR
RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE, NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY
ODS code B85009
2.8 km
OSSETT SURGERY
OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF
ODS code B87031
3.0 km
THE PADDOCK SURGERY
CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH
ODS code B85038
3.1 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Railway St Rishworth Road
BCT · Dewsbury
- 0.1 miles
Longcauseway
BCT · Dewsbury
- 0.1 miles
Longcauseway
BCT · Dewsbury
- 0.1 miles
Crackenedge Lane L3
BCT · Dewsbury
- 0.1 miles
Railway Street Sainsburys
BCT · Dewsbury
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 017B, 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
338 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
- 2 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
3,744 published events cover 12 months, averaging 312 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,439 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.