Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is covered by postcode districts WV1, WV3, WV4, WV6, WV10, WV11 and 8 more. It is mostly in the Wolverhampton council area: 5,064 of its 5,126 postcodes. The others are in South Staffordshire and Walsall. 60 of its 5,126 postcodes are in Staffordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 5,066.
Every postcode in Wolverhampton, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 180
- In use before 2020: 4,946
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 5,126 postcodes in Wolverhampton that ONS places, 180 are new since 2020 and 4,946 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 52.5909, longitude -2.1266. 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
- 68 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WV1 9YN, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WV10 6GT, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WV11 3FG, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WV6 6HY, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WV2 1EX, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. WV2 2FA, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Wolverhampton?
Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 4,403 of the 4,803 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 103 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 57 of its 5,126 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wolverhampton, 600 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 Wolverhampton?
Homes in Wolverhampton sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,530 sales, up 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £330,000 309 sales
- Semi-detached £235,000 727 sales
- Terraced £197,000 349 sales
- Flat or maisonette £115,000 145 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole WV10 district, Wolverhampton's main postcode district: a typical £229,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wolverhampton: 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 Wolverhampton?
180 of the 5,126 postcodes now in use in Wolverhampton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 80 of the 2,201 homes sold in Wolverhampton were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WV10 district, 13%.
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 Wolverhampton | Across the WV10 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 7 of 1,530 (Under 1%) | 6 of 373 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 80 of 2,201 (4%) | 74 of 550 (13%) |
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 Wolverhampton?
Ofcom reports on 4,803 of the 5,126 postcodes in Wolverhampton. At 4,403 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 Wolverhampton at risk of flooding?
57 of the 5,126 postcodes in Wolverhampton 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 103 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 Wolverhampton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Wolverhampton (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
- Broadmeadow Special School600 m 73 pupils, 75 places
- Dunstall Hill Primary School650 m 458 pupils, 420 places
- Woden Primary School700 m 448 pupils, 420 places
- West Park Primary School800 m 278 pupils, 304 places
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School1.1 km 246 pupils, 210 places
- Nishkam Primary School Wolverhampton1.3 km 418 pupils, 420 places
- Eastfield Primary School1.5 km 400 pupils, 420 places
- Trinity CofE Primary Academy1.6 km 700 pupils, 629 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 Wolverhampton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wolverhampton is Wolverhampton Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.
- Wolverhampton Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Willenhall Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
- Bilbrook Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive
- Wolverhampton Station (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 600 mWalk
- Pipers Row (West Midlands Metro) Underground, metro or tram 700 mWalk
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 Wolverhampton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Wolverhampton, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Thornley Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01902 688500 300 mWalk
- Dr Sinha & Tahir Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01902 454242 1.1 kmWalk
- Whitmore Reans Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01902 421679 1.2 kmCycle
- Pennfields Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01902 446688 1.6 kmCycle
- Tudor Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01902 384999 1.6 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Wolverhampton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 7,410 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wolverhampton 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
- 575 September 2025
- 623 October 2025
- 613 November 2025
- 562 December 2025
- 506 January 2026
- 563 February 2026
- 642 March 2026
- 624 April 2026
- 669 May 2026
- 655 June 2026
- 680 July 2026
- 698 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: possession of weapons 189, burglary 187, bicycle theft 122, other crime 111, theft from the person 101, robbery 95.
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 Wolverhampton?
- Councils
- Wolverhampton (5,064), South Staffordshire (60) and Walsall (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Wolverhampton West (2,596), Wolverhampton North East (1,635), Wolverhampton South East (835) and 2 others
- Police force areas
- West Midlands (5,066) and Staffordshire (60)
- 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 Wolverhampton
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Wolverhampton is in Wolverhampton; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Wolverhampton about council tax Council tax, on wolverhampton.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Wolverhampton
- 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
Wolverhampton postcodes
5,126 postcodes in use in Wolverhampton, by district:
Those districts are all in the WV postcode area.
Check a Wolverhampton postcode
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 Wolverhampton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wolverhampton's £230,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Wolverhampton
- What is it like to live in Wolverhampton?
- Homes sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 4,403 of the 4,803 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 103 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 57 of its 5,126 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wolverhampton, 600 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 Wolverhampton?
- Wolverhampton is covered by postcode districts WV1, WV3, WV4, WV6, WV10, WV11 and 8 more, across 5,126 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Wolverhampton?
- Homes in Wolverhampton sold for a typical £230,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,530 sales, up 3.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Wolverhampton?
- In Wolverhampton, primary schools at its postcodes include Broadmeadow Special School, Dunstall Hill Primary School and Woden Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Thomas Telford University Technical College, Park Lodge School and Progress Schools - Wolverhampton. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Wolverhampton have a railway station?
- Yes: Wolverhampton is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wolverhampton, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Wolverhampton?
- Ofcom reports on 4,803 of the 5,126 postcodes in Wolverhampton. At 4,403 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Wolverhampton at risk of flooding?
- 57 of the 5,126 postcodes in Wolverhampton 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 103 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 Wolverhampton?
- 180 of the 5,126 postcodes now in use in Wolverhampton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 80 of the 2,201 homes sold in Wolverhampton were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the WV10 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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