Dewsbury
Dewsbury is covered by postcode districts WF12, WF13, WF14, WF16 and WF17. It is mostly in the Kirklees council area: 1,510 of its 1,518 postcodes. The others are in Leeds and Wakefield.
Every postcode in Dewsbury, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 54
- At medium risk at worst: 37
- At low risk at worst: 155
- At very low risk only: 16
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,256
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 1,518 postcodes in Dewsbury that ONS places, 54 have a home or business at high risk, 37 are at medium risk at worst, 155 are at low risk at worst, 16 are at very low risk only and 1,256 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 53.6883, longitude -1.6323. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
54 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 24 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WF13 2EX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WF12 8EN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WF13 3JW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. WF13 3LN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Dewsbury?
Homes sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 1,240 of the 1,475 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 815 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 262 of its 1,518 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dewsbury, 450 metres 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 Dewsbury?
Homes in Dewsbury sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 426 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £179,475
- 12 months to August 2026
- £175,000
▼ down 2.5% on the 12 months before
Across the whole WF12 district, Dewsbury's main postcode district: a typical £191,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dewsbury: 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 Dewsbury?
31 of the 1,518 postcodes now in use in Dewsbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 21 of the 608 homes sold in Dewsbury were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF12 district, 9%.
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 Dewsbury | Across the WF12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 426 (0%) | 3 of 288 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 21 of 608 (3%) | 39 of 442 (9%) |
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 Dewsbury?
Ofcom reports on 1,475 of the 1,518 postcodes in Dewsbury. At 1,240 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 Dewsbury at risk of flooding?
262 of the 1,518 postcodes in Dewsbury 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 815 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 Dewsbury?
The open schools at the postcodes in Dewsbury (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
- Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School550 m 98 pupils, 232 places
- Eastborough Academy700 m 214 pupils, 234 places
- Al-Furqaan Preparatory School800 m 153 pupils, 175 places
- Madni Academy800 m 215 pupils, 316 places
- Pentland Infant and Nursery School850 m 144 pupils, 128 places
- Boothroyd Primary Academy1.0 km 557 pupils, 630 places
- St Paulinus Catholic Primary Academy1.0 km 363 pupils, 443 places
- The Branch Christian School1.1 km 17 pupils, 60 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 Dewsbury?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dewsbury is Dewsbury Rail Station, 450 m away in a straight line.
- Dewsbury Rail Station Railway station 450 mWalk
- Ravensthorpe Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
- Batley Rail Station Railway station 2.5 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 Dewsbury?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Dewsbury, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Calder View Surgery250 m
- Eightlands Surgery250 m
- Sidings Healthcare Centre750 m
- Savile Town Medical Ctr.800 m
- The Albion Mount Medical Practice850 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Dewsbury safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,873 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dewsbury 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
- 349 September 2025
- 359 October 2025
- 318 November 2025
- 290 December 2025
- 289 January 2026
- 264 February 2026
- 309 March 2026
- 317 April 2026
- 347 May 2026
- 351 June 2026
- 347 July 2026
- 333 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 155, other crime 120, robbery 45, possession of weapons 40, theft from the person 23, bicycle theft 11.
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 Dewsbury?
- Councils
- Kirklees (1,510), Leeds (6) and Wakefield (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Dewsbury and Batley (1,500), Spen Valley (10), Leeds South West and Morley (6) and 1 other
- 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 Dewsbury
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Dewsbury
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Dewsbury postcodes
1,518 postcodes in use in Dewsbury, by district:
Those districts are all in the WF postcode area.
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Places near Dewsbury
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dewsbury's £175,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Dewsbury
- What is it like to live in Dewsbury?
- Homes sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 1,240 of the 1,475 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 815 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 262 of its 1,518 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dewsbury, 450 metres 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 Dewsbury?
- Dewsbury is covered by postcode districts WF12, WF13, WF14, WF16 and WF17, across 1,518 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Dewsbury?
- Homes in Dewsbury sold for a typical £175,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 426 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Dewsbury?
- In Dewsbury, primary schools at its postcodes include Savile Town Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant and Nursery School, Eastborough Academy and Al-Furqaan Preparatory School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Rida Boys High School, Rida Girls High School and Madni Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Dewsbury have a railway station?
- Yes: Dewsbury is 450 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Dewsbury, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Dewsbury?
- Ofcom reports on 1,475 of the 1,518 postcodes in Dewsbury. At 1,240 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Dewsbury at risk of flooding?
- 262 of the 1,518 postcodes in Dewsbury 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 815 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 Dewsbury?
- 31 of the 1,518 postcodes now in use in Dewsbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 21 of the 608 homes sold in Dewsbury were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WF12 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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