WS9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Aldridge, Leighswood and Barr Common, 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 WS9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WS9, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WS9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS9 at a rate of 71.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across WS.
In August 2026 alone, 183 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (707), other crime (325) and shoplifting (234).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS9 was 80.0 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 WS9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS9 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 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 WS9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichfield 011E | 1,565 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.1% |
| Walsall 004A | 1,759 | 255.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.1% |
| Walsall 004D | 1,468 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 007A | 1,543 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| Walsall 007B | 1,217 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 007C | 1,343 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% |
| Walsall 007D | 1,504 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
| Walsall 007E | 1,148 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Walsall 015A | 2,338 | 139.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.2% |
| Walsall 015B | 1,638 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 015C | 1,487 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| Walsall 015D | 1,457 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| Walsall 022A | 1,592 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.1% |
| Walsall 022B | 1,571 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.9% |
| Walsall 022C | 1,579 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| Walsall 022D | 1,605 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
MPs for WS9
- Wendy MortonConservativeMP for Aldridge-Brownhills93% of WS9’s postcodes
- Sarah EdwardsLabourMP for Tamworth6.3% of WS9’s postcodes
- Dave RobertsonLabourMP for Lichfield0.2% of WS9’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 WS93
Postcode sectors in WS94
Council1
Towns in WS92
Postcode districts next to WS97
Nearest rail stations3
More in the WS postcode area2
WS9 in brief
WS9 is a postcode district covering Aldridge, Leighswood and Barr Common, in Walsall.
About 26,829 people lived in WS9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,950 in 2025 across 409 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS9 was £295,950 in 2025.
WS9 had 26,900 usual residents at the census.
In WS9, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WS9, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.