WF17 6DQ

Dewsbury East · Kirklees · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Batley
Local authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley
Postcode district
WF17
Postcode sector
WF17 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WF12 7EQ 74 m
WF12 7EG 94 m
WF17 6DF 94 m
WF17 6DH 97 m
WF17 6DG 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WF17 6DQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WF
Postcode district
WF17
Postcode sector
WF17 6
Latitude
53.702832
Longitude
-1.613098
British National Grid easting
425,640
British National Grid northing
423,001

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
E00055558
Lower layer super output area
Kirklees 014A · E01011021
Middle layer super output area
Kirklees 014 · E02002284

Postcode source versions

Explore WF17

20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Trenton Road, Batley, WF17 6DQ 8 July 2026 £265,000
2, Trenton Road, Batley, WF17 6DQ 13 March 2025 £255,000
12, Trenton Road, Batley, WF17 6DQ 9 January 2025 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
85
Primary
56
Secondary
11
  1. Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    317 m
  2. Bywell Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    574 m
  3. Shaw Cross Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    620 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,425
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,071
  • Anti social behaviour 201
  • Public order 182
  • Vehicle crime 169
  • Criminal damage and arson 161

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

30 female, 28 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.4
WF17 6 residents
6,823

Age bands in WF17 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.8%

1,332 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.9%

889 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.8%

1,841 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.4%

1,495 residents

Age 65 and over
13.1%

839 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WF17 6 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
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

29

within 5 km straight-line

  • LOCALA CALDERDALE SAS

    PO BOX 227, LIVERSEDGE, WF17 1DR

    ODS code Y02645

    597 m

  • LOCALA KIRKLEES SAS

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

    ODS code Y00081

    597 m

  • WINDSOR MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85620

    1.2 km

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

    SOOTHILL LANE, BATLEY, WF17 5SS

    ODS code B85018

    1.3 km

  • THE ALBION MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47 ALBION STREET, DEWSBURY, WF13 2AJ

    ODS code B85646

    1.6 km

  • MOUNT PLEASANT MED CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85041

    1.7 km

  • WELLINGTON HOUSE

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

    ODS code B85015

    1.9 km

  • BROUGHTON HOUSE GP SURGERY

    20 NEW WAY, BATLEY, WF17 5QT

    ODS code Y07275

    2.0 km

  • CHERRY TREE SURGERY

    132 UPPER COMMERCIAL STREET, BATLEY, WF17 5DH

    ODS code B85655

    2.0 km

  • CALDER VIEW SURGERY

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

    ODS code B85004

    2.0 km

  • EIGHTLANDS SURGERY

    WELLINGTON ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 1HN

    ODS code B85020

    2.0 km

  • BATLEY HEALTH CENTRE SURGERY

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

    ODS code B85008

    2.1 km

  • SAVILE TOWN MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code B85645

    2.4 km

  • HEALDS ROAD SURGERY

    HEALDS ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 4HT

    ODS code B85055

    2.6 km

  • SIDINGS HEALTHCARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85652

    2.7 km

  • OSSETT SURGERY

    OSSETT HEALTH VILLAGE, KINGSWAY, OSSETT, WF5 8DF

    ODS code B87031

    3.1 km

  • THORNHILL LEES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code B85606

    3.4 km

  • DR MAHMOOD & PARTNERS

    NETHERFIELD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WF13 3JY

    ODS code B85650

    4.2 km

  • NORTH ROAD SUITE,RAVENSTHORPE HEALTH CTR

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

    ODS code B85009

    4.2 km

  • COOK LANE SURGERY

    COOK LANE, HECKMONDWIKE, WF16 9JG

    ODS code B85619

    4.3 km

Showing 20 of 29 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Langdale Road

    BCT · Hanging Heaton

    0.0 miles
  • Hanging Heaton Cricket Club

    BCT · Hanging Heaton

    0.1 miles
  • Langdale Road

    BCT · Hanging Heaton

    0.1 miles
  • Langdale Road

    BCT · Hanging Heaton

    0.1 miles
  • Croftlands Alderney Rd

    BCT · Hanging Heaton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kirklees 014A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,502 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £242,500 from 4 recorded sales in WF17 6DQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Kirklees is £205,773 in June 2026, up 5.4% year on year.

Schools

85 open schools are in scope, including 56 primary and 11 secondary schools. Hanging Heaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School is the nearest published school at 317 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,425 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,071 events.

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