Schools
69 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 8 secondary schools. Rida Boys High School is the nearest published school at 437 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WF12 9XF
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
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WF12 9XF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- WF
- Postcode district
- WF12
- Postcode sector
- WF12 9
- Latitude
- 53.671451
- Longitude
- -1.641236
- British National Grid easting
- 423,800
- British National Grid northing
- 419,500
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
- E00056743
- Lower layer super output area
- Kirklees 023E · E01011260
- Middle layer super output area
- Kirklees 023 · E02002293
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 69
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 8
- 437 m
Rida Boys High School
Other independent school
- 563 m
Ravenshall School
Community special school
- 643 m
Thornhill Lees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,531
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 722
- Public order 129
- Criminal damage and arson 128
- Anti social behaviour 127
- Other theft 105
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%
- Age 15 to 24
- 17.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.4%
2,332 residents
1,819 residents
2,838 residents
2,107 residents
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.
GP practices
25
within 5 km straight-line
THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE
140 SLAITHWAITE ROAD, THORNHILL LEES, DEWSBURY, WF12 9DW
ODS code B85606
769 m
SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE
SAVILLE HEALTHCARE CENTRE, THE SIDINGS, DEWSBURY, WF12 9QU
ODS code B85652
1.2 km
THE PADDOCK SURGERY
CHAPEL LANE, THORNHILL, DEWSBURY, WF12 0DH
ODS code B85038
1.4 km
DR MAHMOOD & PARTNERS
NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY
ODS code B85650
1.5 km
NORTH ROAD SUITE,RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CTR
RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CENTRE, NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY
ODS code B85009
1.5 km
SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.
SCARBOROUGH STREET, SAVILE TOWN, DEWSBURY, DEWSBURY, WF12 9AY
ODS code B85645
1.6 km
CALDER VIEW SURGERY
DEWSBURY HEALTH CENTRE, WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85004
2.1 km
EIGHTLANDS SURGERY
WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN
ODS code B85020
2.1 km
THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE
47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ
ODS code B85646
2.8 km
WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE
2 WILLIAM STREET, LEEDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF12 7BD
ODS code B85620
2.8 km
HEALDS ROAD SURGERY
HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT
ODS code B85055
3.3 km
MIDDLESTOWN
MIDDLESTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, NEW ROAD, MIDDLESTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WF4 4PA
ODS code B87001
3.6 km
MIRFIELD HEALTH CENTRE
DOCTOR LANE, MIRFIELD, WF14 8DU
ODS code B85019
3.7 km
MOUNT PLEASANT MED CENTRE
69 PURLWELL LANE, MOUNT PLEASANT, BATLEY, WF17 7PF
ODS code B85041
4.0 km
OSSETT SURGERY
OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF
ODS code B87031
4.0 km
LOCALA CALDERDALE SAS
PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR
ODS code Y02645
4.5 km
LOCALA KIRKLEES SAS
LOCALA SAS, PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR
ODS code Y00081
4.5 km
GROVE HOUSE SURGERY
SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS
ODS code B85018
4.6 km
BROOKROYD HOUSE
BROOKROYD SURGERY, HECKMONDWIKE HEALTH CENTRE, 16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85014
4.7 km
UNDERCLIFFE SURGERY
16 UNION STREET, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 0HH
ODS code B85012
4.7 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
King Edward Street
BCT · Thornhill Lees
- 0.0 miles
King Edward Street
BCT · Thornhill Lees
- 0.1 miles
Eyre Street
BCT · Thornhill Lees
- 0.1 miles
Ouzelwell Road
BCT · Thornhill Lees
- 0.1 miles
Eyre Street
BCT · Thornhill Lees
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 023E, 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
5,482 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
1,531 published events cover 12 months, averaging 127.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 722 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.