WS1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Walsall, Caldmore and The Chuckery, in Walsall.
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 WS1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WS1, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WS1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS1 at a rate of 179.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across WS.
In August 2026 alone, 426 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,880), shoplifting (1,040) and other crime (875).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS1 was 169.1 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 WS1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS1 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall 024D | 1,744 | 246.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.9% |
| Walsall 029A | 1,659 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.3% |
| Walsall 029B | 1,695 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 029D | 1,479 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.5% |
| Walsall 030B | 2,090 | 179.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.2% |
| Walsall 030D | 1,634 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.3% |
| Walsall 030E | 1,890 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.8% |
| Walsall 030F | 1,618 | 440.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 72.7% |
| Walsall 030G | 1,432 | 156.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.6% |
| Walsall 034A | 1,527 | 139.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| Walsall 034B | 1,752 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.9% |
| Walsall 034C | 1,687 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Walsall 034D | 1,846 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Walsall 034E | 1,601 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Walsall 034F | 1,851 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 037C | 1,886 | 157.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
Your MP
- Valerie VazLabourMP for Walsall and Bloxwich
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 WS13
Postcode sectors in WS15
Council1
Towns in WS11
Postcode districts next to WS14
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WS postcode area2
WS1 in brief
WS1 is a postcode district covering Walsall, Caldmore and The Chuckery, in Walsall.
About 30,068 people lived in WS1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £169,050 in 2025 across 174 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 179.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS1 was £169,050 in 2025.
WS1 had 27,917 usual residents at the census.
In WS1, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WS1, 8.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.