WS14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lichfield, Boley Park and Sandfields, 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 WS14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WS14, 75.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WS14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS14 at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across WS.
In August 2026 alone, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (404), other crime (220) and anti-social behaviour (141).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS14 was 55.4 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 WS14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS14 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichfield 005A | 1,512 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Lichfield 005C | 1,424 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Lichfield 005E | 1,560 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Lichfield 007D | 2,769 | 79.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.9% |
| Lichfield 007E | 2,142 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.3% |
| Lichfield 008D | 1,679 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.4% |
| Lichfield 008F | 1,799 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.5% |
| Lichfield 011C | 1,725 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 11.9% |
| Lichfield 011D | 1,614 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 23.2% |
| Lichfield 012A | 2,322 | 107.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 32.5% |
MPs for WS14
- Dave RobertsonLabourMP for Lichfield61% of WS14’s postcodes
- Sarah EdwardsLabourMP for Tamworth39% of WS14’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.
Postcode sectors in WS143
Council1
Towns in WS141
Postcode districts next to WS147
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WS postcode area2
WS14 in brief
WS14 is a postcode district covering Lichfield, Boley Park and Sandfields, in Lichfield.
About 18,859 people lived in WS14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,000 in 2025 across 321 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS14 was £385,000 in 2025.
WS14 had 17,281 usual residents at the census.
In WS14, 75.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WS14, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.