WV10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wolverhampton and Elston Hall, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.
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 WV10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV10, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV10 at a rate of 94.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 575 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,860), other crime (1,017) and shoplifting (796).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV10 was 101.1 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 WV10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV10 has no single figure. Of its 35 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire 006C | 1,403 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.6% |
| South Staffordshire 006D | 4,721 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.7% |
| South Staffordshire 007D | 1,734 | 107.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.2% |
| Wolverhampton 001A | 1,765 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 001B | 1,432 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 001C | 1,154 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 001D | 1,409 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 001E | 1,379 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Wolverhampton 001F | 1,592 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Wolverhampton 001G | 1,356 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.9% |
| Wolverhampton 002A | 1,749 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 002C | 1,469 | 152.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 002D | 1,456 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 004A | 1,486 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 004C | 1,692 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 004D | 1,507 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 006B | 1,444 | 41.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% |
| Wolverhampton 006C | 1,383 | 194.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 006D | 1,254 | 87.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 006E | 1,042 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 006F | 2,289 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Wolverhampton 007A | 1,486 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 007B | 1,484 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 007C | 1,349 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 007D | 2,196 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 008B | 1,550 | 169.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Wolverhampton 008C | 1,585 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 011A | 1,456 | 132.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Wolverhampton 011B | 1,629 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| Wolverhampton 011C | 1,398 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 011D | 1,695 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 015A | 1,801 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Wolverhampton 015B | 2,651 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Wolverhampton 015C | 2,135 | 175.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 015F | 1,672 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
MPs for WV10
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East74% of WV10’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge17% of WV10’s postcodes
- Warinder JussLabourMP for Wolverhampton West8.3% of WV10’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 WV108
Postcode sectors in WV105
Councils WV10 covers2
Towns in WV101
Postcode districts next to WV108
Nearest rail stations1
More in the WV postcode area2
WV10 in brief
WV10 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton and Elston Hall, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.
About 66,408 people lived in WV10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 513 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV10 was £215,000 in 2025.
WV10 had 62,742 usual residents at the census.
In WV10, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV10, 7.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.