Batley
Batley is covered by postcode districts BD19, LS27, WF12, WF15, WF16, WF17 and 1 more. It is mostly in the Kirklees council area: 1,108 of its 1,110 postcodes. The others are in Leeds.
Every postcode in Batley, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 20
- In use before 2020: 1,090
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,110 postcodes in Batley that ONS places, 20 are new since 2020 and 1,090 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7189, longitude -1.6426. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WF17 1BZ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Batley?
Homes sold for a typical £184,650 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.5% on the 12 months before. At 957 of the 1,091 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 120 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 60 of its 1,110 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Batley, 1.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Batley?
Homes in Batley sold for a typical £184,650 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 350 sales, up 5.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £322,500 62 sales
- Semi-detached £205,000 125 sales
- Terraced £144,000 150 sales
- Flat or maisonette £85,000 13 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WF17 district, Batley's main postcode district: a typical £185,975.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Batley: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Batley?
20 of the 1,110 postcodes now in use in Batley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 395 homes sold in Batley were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF17 district, 10%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Batley | Across the WF17 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 350 (0%) | 8 of 362 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 3 of 395 (Under 1%) | 44 of 444 (10%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Batley?
Ofcom reports on 1,091 of the 1,110 postcodes in Batley. At 957 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Batley at risk of flooding?
60 of the 1,110 postcodes in Batley have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 120 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Batley?
The open schools at the postcodes in Batley (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy250 m 258 pupils, 300 places
- Becker School350 m 19 pupils, 40 places
- Batley Grammar School350 m 980 pupils, 950 places
- Batley Parish CofE Primary Academy500 m 201 pupils, 275 places
- Carlinghow Academy500 m 304 pupils, 371 places
- Engage Academy900 m 28 pupils, 28 places
- Park Road Junior Infant and Nursery School900 m 196 pupils, 236 places
- Healey Junior Infant and Nursery School1.1 km 402 pupils, 385 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Batley?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Batley is Batley Rail Station, 1.6 km away in a straight line.
- Batley Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
- Dewsbury Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
- Morley Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Batley?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Batley, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Batley Health Centre Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 351540 550 mWalk
- Cherry Tree Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2025 · Phone 01924 471115 600 mWalk
- Wellington House Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 669960 700 mWalk
- Broughton House Gp Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2026 · Phone 01924 420244 700 mWalk
- Mount Pleasant Med Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01924 474499 1.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Batley safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,666 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Batley over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 311 September 2025
- 311 October 2025
- 268 November 2025
- 280 December 2025
- 260 January 2026
- 217 February 2026
- 265 March 2026
- 336 April 2026
- 377 May 2026
- 315 June 2026
- 372 July 2026
- 354 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 122, drugs 119, possession of weapons 33, robbery 25, theft from the person 18, bicycle theft 9.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Batley?
- Councils
- Kirklees (1,108) and Leeds (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Dewsbury and Batley (819), Spen Valley (289) and Leeds South West and Morley (2)
- Police force area
- West Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Batley
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Batley is in Kirklees; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Kirklees about council tax Council tax, on kirklees.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Batley
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Batley postcodes
1,110 postcodes in use in Batley, by district:
Those districts are in the WF postcode area, BD postcode area and LS postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Batley
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Batley's £184,650. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Batley
- What is it like to live in Batley?
- Homes sold for a typical £184,650 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.5% on the 12 months before. At 957 of the 1,091 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 120 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 60 of its 1,110 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Batley, 1.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Batley?
- Batley is covered by postcode districts BD19, LS27, WF12, WF15, WF16, WF17 and 1 more, across 1,110 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Batley?
- Homes in Batley sold for a typical £184,650 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 350 sales, up 5.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Batley?
- In Batley, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy, Becker School and Batley Grammar School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Batley Grammar School, Upper Batley High School and Cambridge Street School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Batley have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Batley is Batley, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Batley?
- Ofcom reports on 1,091 of the 1,110 postcodes in Batley. At 957 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Batley at risk of flooding?
- 60 of the 1,110 postcodes in Batley have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 120 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Batley?
- 20 of the 1,110 postcodes now in use in Batley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 395 homes sold in Batley were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF17 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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