WS3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bloxwich, Pelsall and Dudley's Fields, 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 WS3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WS3, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WS3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS3 at a rate of 103.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across WS.
In August 2026 alone, 470 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,407), other crime (895) and shoplifting (618).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS3 was 101.2 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 WS3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS3 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 13 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall 003A | 1,121 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 003B | 1,262 | 12.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Walsall 003C | 1,476 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| Walsall 003D | 1,413 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Walsall 005A | 1,505 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 005B | 1,244 | 149.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Walsall 005D | 1,605 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Walsall 006A | 1,680 | 141.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Walsall 006B | 1,855 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| Walsall 006C | 1,635 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 006D | 1,653 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Walsall 008A | 1,949 | 343.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.6% |
| Walsall 008B | 1,513 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Walsall 008C | 1,455 | 130.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 008D | 1,336 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Walsall 009A | 1,478 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Walsall 009B | 1,681 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.0% |
| Walsall 009C | 1,220 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 009D | 1,582 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 009E | 1,459 | 132.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Walsall 012A | 1,349 | 152.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Walsall 012B | 1,713 | 167.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Walsall 012C | 1,645 | 125.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Walsall 012D | 1,956 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Walsall 013B | 1,766 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 013D | 1,923 | 97.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| Walsall 013F | 1,809 | 122.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.3% |
| Walsall 013G | 1,657 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Walsall 017B | 1,543 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Walsall 017D | 1,518 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.6% |
| Walsall 018B | 2,018 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Walsall 018F | 2,757 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
MPs for WS3
- Valerie VazLabourMP for Walsall and Bloxwich77% of WS3’s postcodes
- Wendy MortonConservativeMP for Aldridge-Brownhills21% of WS3’s postcodes
- Josh NewburyLabourMP for Cannock Chase1.0% of WS3’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge0.2% of WS3’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 WS37
Postcode sectors in WS35
Council1
Towns in WS32
Postcode districts next to WS38
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WS postcode area2
WS3 in brief
WS3 is a postcode district covering Bloxwich, Pelsall and Dudley's Fields, in Walsall.
About 55,312 people lived in WS3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 572 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS3 was £220,000 in 2025.
WS3 had 53,184 usual residents at the census.
In WS3, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WS3, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.