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WF12 9TA

Dewsbury South · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Dewsbury South
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley
Postcode district
WF12
Postcode sector
WF12 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF12 9AF 44 m
WF12 9AE 60 m
WF12 9AR 85 m
WF12 9PP 92 m
WF12 9PW 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF12 9TA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF12
Postcode sector
WF12 9
Latitude
53.686877
Longitude
-1.629991
British National Grid easting
424,534
British National Grid northing
421,220

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
E00056718
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 024A · E01011257
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 024 · E02002294

Postcode source versions

Explore WF12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
82
Primary
55
Secondary
10

  1. Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary controlled school

    328 m

  2. Rida Girls High School

    Other independent school

    347 m

  3. Madni Academy

    Other independent school

    531 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,612
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,399
  • Public order 408
  • Shoplifting 377
  • Drugs 234
  • Criminal damage and arson 227

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WF12 9 residents
9,923

Age bands in WF12 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23%

2,332 residents

Age 15 to 24
17.9%

1,819 residents

Age 25 to 44
28%

2,838 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.8%

2,107 residents

Age 65 and over
10.4%

1,052 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+
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

26

within 5 km

  • CALDER VIEW SURGERY

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

    ODS code B85004

    456 m

  • EIGHTLANDS SURGERY

    WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85020

    456 m

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code B85645

    585 m

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85652

    631 m

  • WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85620

    936 m

  • THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ

    ODS code B85646

    1.0 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85606

    1.5 km

  • HEALDS ROAD SURGERY

    HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT

    ODS code B85055

    2.1 km

  • MOUNT PLEASANT MED CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85041

    2.3 km

  • DR MAHMOOD & PARTNERS

    NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY

    ODS code B85650

    2.3 km

  • NORTH ROAD SUITE,RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CTR

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

    ODS code B85009

    2.3 km

  • THE PADDOCK SURGERY

    CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH

    ODS code B85038

    2.6 km

  • LOCALA CALDERDALE SAS

    PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR

    ODS code Y02645

    2.7 km

  • LOCALA KIRKLEES SAS

    LOCALA SAS, PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR

    ODS code Y00081

    2.7 km

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

    SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS

    ODS code B85018

    2.8 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

    3.1 km

  • CHERRY TREE SURGERY

    132 UPPER COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DH

    ODS code B85655

    3.1 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    3.2 km

  • BATLEY HEALTH CENTRE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B85008

    3.2 km

Showing 20 of 26 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

  • Mill Street East

    BCT · Savile Town

    0.0 miles

  • Mill Street East

    BCT · Savile Town

    0.0 miles

  • Savile Bridge

    BCT · Dewsbury

    0.1 miles

  • Savile Bridge

    BCT · Dewsbury

    0.1 miles

  • Link Road Long Causeway

    BCT · Dewsbury

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 024A, 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

5,799 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

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
1
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

82 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 10 secondary schools. Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 328 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,612 published events cover 12 months, averaging 301 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,399 events.

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