# WS9

Postcode district covering Aldridge, Leighswood and Barr Common, in Walsall.

WS9 is a postcode district covering Aldridge, Leighswood and Barr Common, in Walsall. Median sale price £295,950 in 2025. Recorded crime 71.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code WS9. 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 WS9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £295,950** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WS9 was £295,950 in 2025. 1,115th most expensive 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/ws9#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 26,900** (2021). WS9 had 26,900 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,087th 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/ws9#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 29%** (2022). About 29% of people in WS9 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/ws9#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.3%** (January 2026). In WS9, 91.3% 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/ws9#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WS9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 29% of people in WS9 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=WS9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 409 homes were sold in WS9 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WS9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WS9.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WS9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WS9 had 26,900 usual residents at the census.

## How WS9 compares

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

| Measure | WS9 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £295,950 | 4th most expensive | 15 postcode districts, WS · 2025 |
| Population | 26,900 | 6th least populated | 15 postcode districts, WS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 29% | 8th most people in radon Affected Areas | 15 postcode districts, WS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.3% | 5th lowest | 15 postcode districts, WS · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the WS postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in WS9

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lichfield 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield/neighbourhood/e01029523) | 1,565 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.1% |
| [Walsall 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010249) | 1,759 | 255.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.1% |
| [Walsall 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010254) | 1,468 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Walsall 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010251) | 1,543 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| [Walsall 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010253) | 1,217 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Walsall 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010255) | 1,343 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% |
| [Walsall 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010256) | 1,504 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
| [Walsall 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010257) | 1,148 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Walsall 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010241) | 2,338 | 139.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.2% |
| [Walsall 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010242) | 1,638 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Walsall 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010243) | 1,487 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| [Walsall 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010244) | 1,457 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| [Walsall 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010245) | 1,592 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.1% |
| [Walsall 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010246) | 1,571 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.9% |
| [Walsall 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010247) | 1,579 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.5% |
| [Walsall 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/neighbourhood/e01010248) | 1,605 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |

## Your MP

- [Aldridge-Brownhills](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/aldridge-brownhills): Wendy Morton (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 93% of the people here.
- [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tamworth): Sarah Edwards (Labour), MP since July 2024. 6.3% of the people here.
- [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lichfield): Dave Robertson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in WS9

[Aldridge Central](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/aldridge-central), [Aldridge North](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/aldridge-north), [Aldridge South](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall/aldridge-south)

## Postcode sectors in WS9

[WS9 0 (219 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws9-0), [WS9 1 (8 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws9-1), [WS9 8 (241 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws9-8), [WS9 9 (162 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws9-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in WS9

[Aldridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/aldridge), [Brownhills](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brownhills)

## Postcode districts next to WS9

[B43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b43), [B74](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b74), [WS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws4), [WS5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws5), [WS7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws7), [WS8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws8), [WS14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws14)

## Nearest rail stations

[Blake Street (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.8449,52.6049), [Walsall (5.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.9848,52.5844), [Butlers Lane (5.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.8380,52.5925)

## 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)

## 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.
About 29% of people in WS9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS9, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WS9
- Postcode area: [WS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws)
- Constituency: [Aldridge-Brownhills †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/aldridge-brownhills)
- Council: [Walsall †](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall)
- Area: 35.97 km²
- People, mid-2024: 26,829*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 90

* 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

[B74](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b74), [WS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws4), [WS8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws8), [WS14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws14), [B43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b43), [WS5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws5)

## Latest updates for WS9

- 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/WS9

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ws9#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/ws9