WS12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cannock, Heath Hayes and Pye Green, in Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire.
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 WS12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in WS12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS12 at a rate of 67.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 262 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,276), anti-social behaviour (449) and other crime (393).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS12 was 57.0 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 WS12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS12 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannock Chase 004A | 1,900 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 004B | 1,555 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 004C | 1,370 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.7% |
| Cannock Chase 004D | 1,044 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 005B | 1,432 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 005C | 1,445 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Cannock Chase 005D | 1,658 | 296.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.5% |
| Cannock Chase 005E | 1,162 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 005F | 2,356 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.0% |
| Cannock Chase 006A | 1,743 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Cannock Chase 006C | 1,430 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.0% |
| Cannock Chase 006D | 1,651 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Cannock Chase 008E | 1,571 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Cannock Chase 009A | 1,449 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 009B | 1,419 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 009C | 1,666 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| Cannock Chase 009D | 1,695 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Cannock Chase 009E | 2,150 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| Cannock Chase 010D | 1,629 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| South Staffordshire 002B | 1,555 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.0% |
| South Staffordshire 002C | 2,412 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.4% |
| South Staffordshire 002D | 1,396 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
MPs for WS12
- Josh NewburyLabourMP for Cannock Chase88% of WS12’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge12% of WS12’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 WS125
Postcode sectors in WS126
Councils WS12 covers2
Towns in WS121
Postcode districts next to WS125
Nearest rail stations3
More in the WS postcode area2
WS12 in brief
WS12 is a postcode district covering Cannock, Heath Hayes and Pye Green, in Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire.
About 38,423 people lived in WS12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 589 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS12 was £235,000 in 2025.
WS12 had 36,974 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in WS12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS12, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.