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WS12 4PW

Hednesford Pye Green · Cannock Chase · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Hednesford Pye Green
Local authority
Cannock Chase
Constituency
Cannock Chase
Postcode district
WS12
Postcode sector
WS12 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS12 4PP 734 m
WS15 2UH 971 m
WS12 0QW 1.2 km
WS12 0QU 1.2 km
WS12 4PR 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS12 4PW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS12
Postcode sector
WS12 4
Latitude
52.735405
Longitude
-1.994028
British National Grid easting
400,500
British National Grid northing
315,306

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Cannock Chase · E07000192
Electoral ward
Hednesford Pye Green · E05015751
Parish or community
E04008871
Westminster constituency
Cannock Chase · E14001150
Output area
E00149727
Lower layer super output area
Cannock Chase 004C · E01029388
Middle layer super output area
Cannock Chase 004 · E02006121

Postcode source versions

Explore WS12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
20
Secondary
3

  1. Pye Green Academy

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

  2. JP Alternative Education

    Other independent school

    2.3 km

  3. West Hill Primary School

    Community school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
63
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Vehicle crime 15
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Drugs 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • DR MANICKAM & PARTNER

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

    ODS code M83109

    2.8 km

  • HEDNESFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code M83033

    2.8 km

  • RAWNSLEY SURGERY

    RAWNSLEY ROAD, CANNOCK, WS12 1JF

    ODS code M83719

    3.4 km

  • CHADSMOOR MEDICAL PRACTICE

    45 PRINCESS STREET, CHADSMOOR, CANNOCK, WS11 5JT

    ODS code M83637

    3.6 km

  • MOSS STREET SURGERY

    23 MOSS STREET, CHADSMOOR, CANNOCK, WS11 6DE

    ODS code M83139

    3.9 km

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE HEALTH CENTRE, SANDY LANE, RUGELEY, WS15 2LB

    ODS code Y02354

    4.5 km

  • HORSEFAIR PRACTICE

    SPRINGFIELDS HC & WELL BEING CLINIC, LOVETT COURT, RUGELEY, WS15 2FH

    ODS code M83001

    4.7 km

  • BRERETON SURGERY

    88 MAIN ROAD, BRERETON, RUGELEY, WS15 1DU

    ODS code M83703

    4.9 km

  • AELFGAR SURGERY

    CHURCH STREET, RUGELEY, WS15 2AB

    ODS code M83738

    4.9 km

  • HEATH HAYES HEALTH CENTRE

    GORSEMOOR ROAD, HEATH HAYES, CANNOCK, WS12 3TG

    ODS code M83129

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Walkers Rise

    BCT · Brindley Heath

    1.0 miles

  • Walkers Rise

    BCT · Brindley Heath

    1.0 miles

  • Common View

    BCT · Brindley Heath

    1.2 miles

  • Common View

    BCT · Brindley Heath

    1.2 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Brindley Heath

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cannock Chase 004C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,099 of 33,755

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

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Pye Green Academy is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

63 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

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