Rawnsley

Rawnsley is covered by postcode district WS12. It is in the Cannock Chase council area, Staffordshire.

Typical price £212,748 Homes sold in Rawnsley, last 12 months. ▼ 7.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 51 of 57 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 1 of 57 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Rawnsley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Rawnsley, by flood risk Of the 57 postcodes in Rawnsley that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 56 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rawnsley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. WS12 0AD: not on the flood risk listWS12 0FA: not on the flood risk listWS12 0FB: not on the flood risk listWS12 0FD: not on the flood risk listWS12 0FE: not on the flood risk listWS12 0FG: not on the flood risk listWS12 0FH: not on the flood risk listWS12 0FJ: not on the flood risk listWS12 0FL: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JH: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JJ: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JL: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JN: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JR: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JS: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JT: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JU: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JW: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JX: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JY: not on the flood risk listWS12 0JZ: not on the flood risk listWS12 0NZ: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PG: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PL: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PN: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PP: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PQ: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PR: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PS: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PT: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PU: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PW: not on the flood risk listWS12 0QH: not on the flood risk listWS12 0RZ: not on the flood risk listWS12 0SP: not on the flood risk listWS12 0SR: not on the flood risk listWS12 0SS: not on the flood risk listWS12 0ST: not on the flood risk listWS12 0SU: not on the flood risk listWS12 0SW: not on the flood risk listWS12 0SX: not on the flood risk listWS12 1DY: not on the flood risk listWS12 1HT: not on the flood risk listWS12 1HZ: not on the flood risk listWS12 1JA: not on the flood risk listWS12 1JB: not on the flood risk listWS12 1JD: not on the flood risk listWS12 1JE: not on the flood risk listWS12 1JF: not on the flood risk listWS12 1JG: not on the flood risk listWS12 1JQ: not on the flood risk listWS12 1LA: not on the flood risk listWS12 1LB: not on the flood risk listWS12 1LD: not on the flood risk listWS12 1QQ: not on the flood risk listWS12 1RD: not on the flood risk listWS12 0PH: high flood risk Rawnsley Map of every postcode in Rawnsley, by flood risk Of the 57 postcodes in Rawnsley that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 56 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rawnsley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Rawnsley
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 56

Of the 57 postcodes in Rawnsley that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 56 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.7103, longitude -1.9691. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

WS12 0PH3 at high risk

What is it like to live in Rawnsley?

Homes sold for a typical £212,748 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.5% on the 12 months before. At 51 of the 57 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 57 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hednesford, 2.2 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 Rawnsley?

Homes in Rawnsley sold for a typical £212,748 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 28 sales, down 7.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£212,748 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£230,000
12 months to August 2026
£212,748

▼ down 7.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£290,000 7 sales
Semi-detached£200,000 11 sales
Terraced£197,500 8 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole WS12 district, Rawnsley's main postcode district: a typical £230,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Rawnsley: 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 Rawnsley?

1 of the 57 postcodes now in use in Rawnsley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 45 homes sold in Rawnsley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WS12 district, 3%.

The newest postcodes

WS12 0ADsince April 2023

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

PeriodIn RawnsleyAcross the WS12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 28 (0%) 1 of 424 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 45 (0%) 18 of 586 (3%)

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 Rawnsley?

Ofcom reports on 57 of the 57 postcodes in Rawnsley. At 51 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit51 of 57
Postcodes where every home can get superfast54 of 57
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 57

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Rawnsley at risk of flooding?

1 of the 57 postcodes in Rawnsley has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 57 postcodes High: 3

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 Rawnsley?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Rawnsley. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Rawnsley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rawnsley is Hednesford Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Hednesford Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Cannock Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Rugeley Town Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive

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 Rawnsley?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Rawnsley. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Rawnsley safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 400 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Rawnsley 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

  1. 27 September 2025
  2. 33 October 2025
  3. 25 November 2025
  4. 36 December 2025
  5. 27 January 2026
  6. 38 February 2026
  7. 37 March 2026
  8. 38 April 2026
  9. 35 May 2026
  10. 27 June 2026
  11. 49 July 2026
  12. 28 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences192 reports
Anti-social behaviour67 reports
Public order35 reports
Criminal damage and arson31 reports
Other theft27 reports
Vehicle crime23 reports
Burglary8 reports
Other crime7 reports

Also: possession of weapons 4, drugs 3, shoplifting 2, bicycle theft 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Rawnsley?

District, borough or city council
Cannock Chase
County council
Staffordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Cannock Chase
Police force area
Staffordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Josh Newbury (Labour)

All 57 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Rawnsley

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Rawnsley postcodes

57 postcodes in use in Rawnsley, by district:

WS12 postcode district,57 postcodes

That district is in the WS postcode area.

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Places near Rawnsley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Rawnsley's £212,748. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Cannock3.4 km, £220,000Norton Canes4.4 km, £267,500Burntwood4.5 km, £257,000Huntington, South Staffordshire4.8 km, £255,000Rugeley5.6 km, £220,000Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay6.7 km, £255,000Handsacre and Armitage7.4 km, £262,500Brownhills8.0 km, £220,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Rawnsley

What is it like to live in Rawnsley?
Homes sold for a typical £212,748 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.5% on the 12 months before. At 51 of the 57 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 57 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hednesford, 2.2 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 Rawnsley?
Rawnsley is covered by postcode district WS12, across 57 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Rawnsley in?
Rawnsley is in the Cannock Chase council area, and Staffordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Rawnsley?
Rawnsley is in the Cannock Chase parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Josh Newbury (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Rawnsley?
Homes in Rawnsley sold for a typical £212,748 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 28 sales, down 7.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Rawnsley?
In Rawnsley, primary schools at its postcodes include Hazel Slade Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Kingsmead School, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Rawnsley have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rawnsley is Hednesford, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Rawnsley?
Ofcom reports on 57 of the 57 postcodes in Rawnsley. At 51 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Rawnsley at risk of flooding?
1 of the 57 postcodes in Rawnsley has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 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 Rawnsley?
1 of the 57 postcodes now in use in Rawnsley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 45 homes sold in Rawnsley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WS12 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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