Darlaston
Darlaston is covered by postcode districts WS10 and WV13. It is mostly in the Walsall council area: 348 of its 369 postcodes. The others are in Sandwell.
Every postcode in Darlaston, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 368
Of the 369 postcodes in Darlaston that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 368 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5691, longitude -2.0349. 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
What is it like to live in Darlaston?
Homes sold for a typical £191,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 328 of the 369 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 369 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Darlaston, 1.2 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 Darlaston?
Homes in Darlaston sold for a typical £191,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 112 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £297,500 13 sales
- Semi-detached £215,000 48 sales
- Terraced £183,250 40 sales
- Flat or maisonette £100,000 11 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WS10 district, Darlaston's main postcode district: a typical £215,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Darlaston: 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 Darlaston?
5 of the 369 postcodes now in use in Darlaston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 135 homes sold in Darlaston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WS10 district, Under 1%.
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 Darlaston | Across the WS10 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 112 (0%) | 3 of 258 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 135 (0%) | 2 of 376 (Under 1%) |
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 Darlaston?
Ofcom reports on 369 of the 369 postcodes in Darlaston. At 328 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 Darlaston at risk of flooding?
1 of the 369 postcodes in Darlaston 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 none of the 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 Darlaston?
The open schools at the postcodes in Darlaston. 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
- Old Church Church of England C Primary School350 m 431 pupils, 446 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston500 m 245 pupils, 210 places
- Kings Hill Primary School550 m 459 pupils, 472 places
- Pinfold Street Primary School650 m 410 pupils, 420 places
- Woods Bank Academy650 m 303 pupils, 341 places
- Salisbury Primary School800 m 317 pupils, 367 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 Darlaston?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Darlaston is Darlaston Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Darlaston Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
- Willenhall Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
- Bescot Stadium Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
- Bradley Lane (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 2.1 kmCycle
- Wednesbury Parkway (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 2.2 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 Darlaston?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Darlaston. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Darlaston Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 568 4300 350 mWalk
- Darlaston Health Centre Phone 0121 568 4391 350 mWalk
- Darlaston Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 526 7151 400 mWalk
- Rough Hay Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 526 2233 650 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Darlaston safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,507 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Darlaston 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
- 286 September 2025
- 309 October 2025
- 300 November 2025
- 267 December 2025
- 279 January 2026
- 240 February 2026
- 323 March 2026
- 273 April 2026
- 295 May 2026
- 323 June 2026
- 299 July 2026
- 313 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 77, possession of weapons 68, drugs 60, robbery 53, theft from the person 13, bicycle theft 3.
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 Darlaston?
- Councils
- Walsall (348) and Sandwell (21)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Wolverhampton South East (348) and Tipton and Wednesbury (21)
- Police force area
- West Midlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- 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 Darlaston
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Darlaston is in Walsall; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Walsall about council tax Council tax, on go.walsall.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Darlaston
- 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
Darlaston postcodes
369 postcodes in use in Darlaston, by district:
Those districts are in the WS postcode area and WV 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 Darlaston
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Darlaston's £191,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Darlaston
- What is it like to live in Darlaston?
- Homes sold for a typical £191,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 328 of the 369 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 369 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Darlaston, 1.2 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 Darlaston?
- Darlaston is covered by postcode districts WS10 and WV13, across 369 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Darlaston?
- Homes in Darlaston sold for a typical £191,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 112 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Darlaston?
- In Darlaston, primary schools at its postcodes include Old Church Church of England C Primary School, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston and Kings Hill Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Grace Academy Darlaston. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Darlaston have a railway station?
- Yes: Darlaston is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Darlaston, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Darlaston?
- Ofcom reports on 369 of the 369 postcodes in Darlaston. At 328 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Darlaston at risk of flooding?
- 1 of the 369 postcodes in Darlaston 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 none of the 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 Darlaston?
- 5 of the 369 postcodes now in use in Darlaston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 135 homes sold in Darlaston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WS10 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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