WV11
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wolverhampton, Ashmore Park and Essington, 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 WV11 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV11, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV11 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV11 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV11 at a rate of 94.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 339 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV11.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,551), other crime (559) and shoplifting (380).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV11 was 97.6 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 WV11, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV11 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV11
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire 007A | 1,720 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.5% |
| South Staffordshire 007B | 1,885 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.8% |
| South Staffordshire 007C | 1,612 | 133.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.8% |
| Wolverhampton 004B | 1,589 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 005A | 1,501 | 145.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 005B | 1,427 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 005C | 1,423 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 005D | 1,422 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 005E | 1,710 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 008A | 1,752 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 008D | 1,572 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 008E | 1,843 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Wolverhampton 010A | 1,407 | 32.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 010B | 1,637 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 010C | 1,545 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 010D | 1,406 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 010E | 1,529 | 113.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 012A | 1,659 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Wolverhampton 012B | 1,575 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Wolverhampton 012C | 2,539 | 386.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Wolverhampton 012D | 1,806 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 015D | 1,660 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.1% |
| Wolverhampton 015E | 1,956 | 247.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.4% |
MPs for WV11
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East86% of WV11’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge14% of WV11’s postcodes
- Pat McFaddenLabourMP for Wolverhampton South East0.1% of WV11’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 WV115
Postcode sectors in WV114
Councils WV11 covers2
Towns in WV111
Postcode districts next to WV116
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WV postcode area2
WV11 in brief
WV11 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Ashmore Park and Essington, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.
About 37,363 people lived in WV11 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £228,000 in 2025 across 366 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV11 was £228,000 in 2025.
WV11 had 35,026 usual residents at the census.
In WV11, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV11, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.