WS13
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lichfield, Stowe and Fradley South, in Lichfield.
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 WS13 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WS13, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WS13 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS13 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS13 at a rate of 96.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across WS.
In August 2026 alone, 262 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS13.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,138), other crime (527) and anti-social behaviour (478).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS13 was 83.3 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 WS13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS13 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS13
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichfield 002E | 1,918 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 56.4% |
| Lichfield 002F | 1,695 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.1% |
| Lichfield 004A | 1,982 | 107.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.7% |
| Lichfield 004B | 1,662 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Lichfield 004C | 1,601 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Lichfield 004E | 1,652 | 474.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.9% |
| Lichfield 004F | 1,792 | 208.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.1% |
| Lichfield 004G | 2,037 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Lichfield 005B | 1,695 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.7% |
| Lichfield 005D | 1,606 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Lichfield 005F | 1,782 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
| Lichfield 005G | 1,874 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.9% |
| Lichfield 007A | 1,756 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Lichfield 007B | 1,572 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| Lichfield 007C | 2,164 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.0% |
| Lichfield 008E | 1,586 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
MPs for WS13
- Dave RobertsonLabourMP for Lichfield97% of WS13’s postcodes
- Sarah EdwardsLabourMP for Tamworth2.9% of WS13’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 WS133
Postcode sectors in WS134
Council1
Towns in WS131
Postcode districts next to WS136
Nearest rail stations3
More in the WS postcode area2
WS13 in brief
WS13 is a postcode district covering Lichfield, Stowe and Fradley South, in Lichfield.
About 31,197 people lived in WS13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 620 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 96.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS13 was £320,000 in 2025.
WS13 had 29,457 usual residents at the census.
In WS13, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WS13, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.