WF12 8AZ

Dewsbury East · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Dewsbury
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley
Postcode district
WF12
Postcode sector
WF12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF12 8BZ 70 m
WF12 8BS 108 m
WF12 8AX 109 m
WF12 7DE 127 m
WF12 8BA 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF12 8AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF12
Postcode sector
WF12 8
Latitude
53.689439
Longitude
-1.618642
British National Grid easting
425,282
British National Grid northing
421,509

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kirklees · E08000034
Parish or community
E43000188
Westminster constituency
Dewsbury and Batley · E14001196
Output area
E00056073
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 018C · E01011123
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 018 · E02002288

Postcode source versions

Explore WF12

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5 - 9, High Road, Dewsbury, WF12 8AZ 17 October 2016 £150,000
5 - 9, High Road, Dewsbury, WF12 8AZ 14 August 2006 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
81
Primary
55
Secondary
8
  1. Earlsheaton Infant School

    Academy converter

    527 m
  2. Manor Croft Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    551 m
  3. Eastborough Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    619 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,581
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,403
  • Shoplifting 395
  • Public order 364
  • Anti social behaviour 250
  • Criminal damage and arson 233

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%

1,483 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

733 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.3%

1,969 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

1,771 residents

Age 65 and over
14.3%

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.

GP practices

24

within 5 km

  • WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD

    ODS code B85620

    547 m

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

    SCARBOROUGH STREET, SAVILE TOWN, DEWSBURY, DEWSBURY, WF12 9AY

    ODS code B85645

    930 m

  • CALDER VIEW SURGERY

    DEWSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85004

    1.1 km

  • EIGHTLANDS SURGERY

    WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85020

    1.1 km

  • THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ

    ODS code B85646

    1.2 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SAVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, THE SIDINGS, DEWSBURY, WF12 9QU

    ODS code B85652

    1.3 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

    140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW

    ODS code B85606

    1.9 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

  • MOUNT PLEASANT MED CENTRE

    69 PURLWELL LANE, MOUNT PLEASANT, BATLEY, WF17 7PF

    ODS code B85041

    2.3 km

  • HEALDS ROAD SURGERY

    HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT

    ODS code B85055

    2.5 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    2.5 km

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

    SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS

    ODS code B85018

    2.5 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    2.9 km

  • BROUGHTON HOUSE GP SURGERY

    20 NEW WAY, BATLEY, WF17 5QT

    ODS code Y07275

    3.0 km

  • WELLINGTON HOUSE

    WELLINGTON HOUSE SURGERY, HENRIETTA STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DN

    ODS code B85015

    3.0 km

  • CHERRY TREE SURGERY

    132 UPPER COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DH

    ODS code B85655

    3.1 km

  • BATLEY HEALTH CENTRE SURGERY

    HEALTH CENTRE, 130 COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5ED

    ODS code B85008

    3.1 km

  • DR MAHMOOD & PARTNERS

    NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY

    ODS code B85650

    3.1 km

  • NORTH ROAD SUITE,RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CTR

    RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE, NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY

    ODS code B85009

    3.1 km

Showing 20 of 24 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

  • Wakefield Road

    BCT · Earlsheaton

    0.0 miles
  • High Road

    BCT · Earlsheaton

    0.1 miles
  • High Road

    BCT · Earlsheaton

    0.1 miles
  • Earlsheaton High Road

    BCT · Earlsheaton

    0.1 miles
  • Earlsheaton High Road

    BCT · Earlsheaton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 018C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,258 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

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

81 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 8 secondary schools. Earlsheaton Infant School is the nearest published school at 527 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,581 published events cover 12 months, averaging 298.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,403 events.

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