WS12 4LY

Huntington & Hatherton · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Cannock
Local authority
South Staffordshire
Postcode district
WS12
Postcode sector
WS12 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS12 4LX 69 m
WS12 4PZ 71 m
WS12 4PN 74 m
WS12 4PY 96 m
WS12 4LZ 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS12 4LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS12
Postcode sector
WS12 4
Latitude
52.703035
Longitude
-2.039570
British National Grid easting
397,423
British National Grid northing
311,706

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008970
Output area
E00151057
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 002C · E01029647
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 002 · E02006175

Postcode source versions

Explore WS12

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Long Croft, Cannock, WS12 4LY 7 November 2025 £235,000
16, Long Croft, Cannock, WS12 4LY 9 December 2024 £220,000
17, Long Croft, Cannock, WS12 4LY 26 January 2024 £225,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
21
Secondary
7
  1. Cardinal Griffin Catholic College

    Academy converter

    741 m
  2. Moorhill Primary School

    Academy converter

    909 m
  3. Redhill Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,604
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 843
  • Anti social behaviour 184
  • Public order 161
  • Criminal damage and arson 110
  • Other theft 66

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

22 female, 20 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.6
WS12 4 residents
17,404

Age bands in WS12 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

3,084 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

1,705 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.4%

4,881 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

4,700 residents

Age 65 and over
16.5%

2,839 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS12 4 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+
94.1%
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

13

within 5 km

  • CHADSMOOR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    45 PRINCESS STREET, CHADSMOOR, CANNOCK, WS11 5JT

    ODS code M83637

    1.2 km

  • CANNOCK PRACTICES NETWORK SURGERY

    C/O GP SUITE LEVEL 2, CANNOCK CHASE HOSPITAL, BRUNSWICK ROAD, CANNOCK, WS11 5XY

    ODS code Y05125

    1.2 km

  • DR I RASIB & PARTNERS

    BRUNSWICK ROAD, CANNOCK, WS11 5XY

    ODS code M83616

    1.2 km

  • RED LION SURGERY

    CANNOCK CHASE HOSPITAL, BRUNSWICK ROAD, CANNOCK, WS11 5XY

    ODS code M83130

    1.2 km

  • MOSS STREET SURGERY

    23 MOSS STREET, CHADSMOOR, CANNOCK, WS11 6DE

    ODS code M83139

    1.8 km

  • THE COLLIERY PRACTICE

    60 HEDNESFORD STREET, CANNOCK, WS11 1DJ

    ODS code M83638

    1.9 km

  • ALDERWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LONGFORD ROAD, CANNOCK, WS11 1QN

    ODS code M83107

    2.2 km

  • DR MANICKAM & PARTNER

    HEDNESFORD VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE, STATION ROAD, HEDNESFORD, CANNOCK, WS12 4DJ

    ODS code M83109

    2.7 km

  • HEDNESFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HEDNESFORD VALLEY HEALTH CENTRE, STATION ROAD, HEDNESFORD, CANNOCK, WS12 4DJ

    ODS code M83033

    2.7 km

  • HEATH HAYES HEALTH CENTRE

    GORSEMOOR ROAD, HEATH HAYES, CANNOCK, WS12 3TG

    ODS code M83129

    3.7 km

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, HIGH STREET, CHESLYN HAY, WALSALL, WS6 7AB

    ODS code M83016

    4.7 km

  • RAWNSLEY SURGERY

    RAWNSLEY ROAD, CANNOCK, WS12 1JF

    ODS code M83719

    4.7 km

  • THE NILE PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, CHESLYN HAY, WALSALL, WS6 7AE

    ODS code M83048

    4.8 km

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

  • White Lion PH

    BCT · West Chadmoor

    0.1 miles
  • Lowland Road

    BCT · West Chadmoor

    0.1 miles
  • White Lion PH

    BCT · West Chadmoor

    0.1 miles
  • Lowland Road

    BCT · West Chadmoor

    0.2 miles
  • The Crescent

    BCT · Shoal Hill

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 002C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,515 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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 £230,000 from 4 recorded sales in WS12 4LY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Staffordshire is £310,258 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 7 secondary schools. Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is the nearest published school at 741 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,604 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 843 events.

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