Schools
132 open schools are in scope, including 81 primary and 19 secondary schools. Pool Hayes Academy is the nearest published school at 738 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WV12 4LG
Short Heath · Walsall · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Short Heath
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton North East
- Postcode district
- WV12
- Postcode sector
- WV12 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WV12 4LG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1985
- Terminated
- 1 December 1985
- Postcode area
- WV
- Postcode district
- WV12
- Postcode sector
- WV12 4
- Latitude
- 52.595101
- Longitude
- -2.050144
- British National Grid easting
- 396,700
- British National Grid northing
- 299,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Walsall · E08000030
- Electoral ward
- Short Heath · E05016449
- Parish or community
- E43000184
- Westminster constituency
- Wolverhampton North East · E14001594
- Output area
- E00052425
- Lower layer super output area
- Walsall 020B · E01010377
- Middle layer super output area
- Walsall 020 · E02002129
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 WV12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 132
- Primary
- 81
- Secondary
- 19
- 738 m
Pool Hayes Academy
Academy converter
- 807 m
Barcroft Academy
Academy converter
- 925 m
Fibbersley Park Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,454
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,385
- Shoplifting 435
- Criminal damage and arson 393
- Vehicle crime 344
- Other theft 183
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WV12 4 residents
- 10,414
Age bands in WV12 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 23%
1,815 residents
1,080 residents
2,639 residents
2,731 residents
2,464 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
52
within 5 km straight-line
LOCKFIELD SURGERY
WILLENHALL HEALTH CENTRE, CROFT STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2DR
ODS code M91013
1.2 km
LOCKSTOWN PRACTICE
WILLENHALL MEDICAL CENTRE, GOMER STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2DR
ODS code M91021
1.2 km
WILLENHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
CROFT STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2DR
ODS code M91033
1.2 km
THE KEYS FAMILY PRACTICE
WILLENHALL MEDICAL CENTRE, FIELD STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2NY
ODS code Y02626
1.3 km
NEW INVENTION HEALTH CENTRE
66 CANNOCK ROAD, NEW INVENTION, WILLENHALL, WV12 5RZ
ODS code M91016
1.7 km
MODALITY KINGFISHER DARLASTON PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91028
1.9 km
STROUD PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, BENTLEY, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91614
1.9 km
ASHMORE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
GRIFFITHS DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 2LH
ODS code M92022
2.1 km
GRIFFITHS DRIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
75 GRIFFITHS DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 2JN
ODS code M92026
2.2 km
ROUGH HAY SURGERY
44B ROUGH HAY ROAD, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8NQ
ODS code M91640
2.6 km
SINA HEALTH CENTRE
230 COPPICE FARM WAY, NEW INVENTION, WILLENHALL, WV12 5XZ
ODS code M91003
2.6 km
BEECHDALE CENTRE
EDISON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 7HS
ODS code M91611
2.8 km
MAYFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
272 WILLENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 2GZ
ODS code M92040
3.2 km
EAST PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
JONESFIELD CRESCENT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 2LW
ODS code M92630
3.3 km
DARLASTON FAMILY PRACTICE
PINFOLD STREET, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8SY
ODS code M91026
3.4 km
DARLASTON HEALTH CENTRE
PINFOLD STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8SY
ODS code Y00278
3.4 km
DARLASTON MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRMINGHAM STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9JQ
ODS code M91641
3.4 km
BILSTON FAMILY PRACTICE
PROUDS LANE, BILSTON, WV14 6PW
ODS code M92627
3.4 km
DR MUDIGONDA
PROUDS LANE, BILSTON, WV14 6PW
ODS code M92649
3.4 km
IMPROVING HEALTH (IH) MEDICAL
PROUDS LANE, BILSTON, WV14 6PW
ODS code M92015
3.4 km
Showing 20 of 52 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Cross Keys Inn
BCT · Ashmore Lake
- 0.0 miles
Cross Keys Inn
BCT · Ashmore Lake
- 0.1 miles
Bloxwich Road South
BCT · Ashmore Lake
- 0.1 miles
Spring Lane
BCT · Ashmore Lake
- 0.2 miles
Spring Lane
BCT · Ashmore Lake
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 020B, 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
14,472 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
3,454 published events cover 12 months, averaging 287.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,385 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.