# WS1

Postcode district covering Walsall, Caldmore and The Chuckery, in Walsall.

WS1 is a postcode district covering Walsall, Caldmore and The Chuckery, in Walsall. Median sale price £169,050 in 2025. Recorded crime 179.0 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WS1. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £169,050** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WS1 was £169,050 in 2025. 192nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 27,917** (2021). WS1 had 27,917 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,033rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in WS1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.3%** (January 2026). In WS1, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WS1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in WS1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=WS1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 174 homes were sold in WS1 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WS1) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WS1.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WS1) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WS1 had 27,917 usual residents at the census.

## How WS1 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | WS1 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £169,050 | cheapest | 15 postcode districts, WS · 2025 |
| Population | 27,917 | 7th least populated | 15 postcode districts, WS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 15 postcode districts, WS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.3% | 4th lowest | 15 postcode districts, WS · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the WS postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in WS1

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Walsall 024D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010369) | 1,744 | 246.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.9% |
| [Walsall 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010326) | 1,659 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.3% |
| [Walsall 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010327) | 1,695 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Walsall 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010330) | 1,479 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.5% |
| [Walsall 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010370) | 2,090 | 179.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.2% |
| [Walsall 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010372) | 1,634 | 94.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.3% |
| [Walsall 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010373) | 1,890 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.8% |
| [Walsall 030F](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01033896) | 1,618 | 440.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 72.7% |
| [Walsall 030G](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01033897) | 1,432 | 156.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.6% |
| [Walsall 034A](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010336) | 1,527 | 139.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| [Walsall 034B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010340) | 1,752 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.9% |
| [Walsall 034C](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010341) | 1,687 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Walsall 034D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010342) | 1,846 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| [Walsall 034E](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010343) | 1,601 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Walsall 034F](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010344) | 1,851 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Walsall 037C](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010338) | 1,886 | 157.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |

## Your MP

- [Walsall and Bloxwich](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/walsall-and-bloxwich): Valerie Vaz (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in WS1

[Palfrey](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/palfrey), [Walsall Central](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/walsall-central), [Walsall East](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/walsall-east)

## Postcode sectors in WS1

[WS1 1 (108 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1-1), [WS1 2 (164 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1-2), [WS1 3 (179 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1-3), [WS1 4 (124 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1-4), [WS1 9 (47 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1-9)

## Council

[Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall)

## Towns in WS1

[Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/walsall)

## Postcode districts next to WS1

[WS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws2), [WS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws4), [WS5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws5), [WS10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws10)

## Nearest rail stations

[Walsall (1.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.9848,52.5844), [Bescot Stadium (1.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.9911,52.5631), [Tame Bridge Parkway (2.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.9762,52.5529), [Darlaston (2.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.0205,52.5759)

## More in the WS postcode area

[All WS postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 100% of people in WS1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS1, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WS1
- Postcode area: [WS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws)
- Constituency: [Walsall and Bloxwich †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/walsall-and-bloxwich)
- Council: [Walsall †](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall)
- Area: 5.44 km²
- People, mid-2024: 30,068*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 76

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[WS5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws5), [WS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws2), [WS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws4), [WS10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws10)

## Latest updates for WS1

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WS1

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws1