WF12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dewsbury, Earlsheaton and Chickenley, in Kirklees.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WF12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WF12, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WF12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WF12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WF12 at a rate of 93.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.9 per 1,000 people across WF.
In August 2026 alone, 296 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WF12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,624), other crime (636) and anti-social behaviour (379).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WF12 was 94.5 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in WF12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WF12 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WF12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirklees 007A | 1,572 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| Kirklees 014B | 1,423 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Kirklees 014C | 1,887 | 169.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.1% |
| Kirklees 014D | 1,352 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.8% |
| Kirklees 018A | 1,791 | 188.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Kirklees 018B | 1,375 | 185.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 018C | 1,650 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.2% |
| Kirklees 018D | 1,949 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| Kirklees 018E | 2,111 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.5% |
| Kirklees 018F | 1,275 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| Kirklees 023E | 1,470 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Kirklees 024A | 2,038 | 108.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| Kirklees 024B | 1,979 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Kirklees 024C | 2,094 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| Kirklees 024D | 1,479 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 024E | 1,757 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Kirklees 024F | 1,789 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Kirklees 028A | 1,137 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.5% |
| Kirklees 028B | 1,243 | 111.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kirklees 028C | 1,523 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.6% |
| Kirklees 028D | 1,451 | 168.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Kirklees 028E | 1,301 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
MPs for WF12
- Iqbal MohamedIndependentMP for Dewsbury and Batley99% of WF12’s postcodes
- Mark SewardsLabourMP for Leeds South West and Morley0.7% of WF12’s postcodes
- Jade BotterillLabourMP for Ossett and Denby Dale0.6% of WF12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in WF124
Postcode sectors in WF124
Council1
Towns in WF122
Postcode districts next to WF128
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WF postcode area2
WF12 in brief
WF12 is a postcode district covering Dewsbury, Earlsheaton and Chickenley, in Kirklees.
About 36,740 people lived in WF12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 403 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 93.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WF12 was £200,000 in 2025.
WF12 had 35,769 usual residents at the census.
In WF12, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WF12, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.