WV13
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Willenhall, Chapel Green and Portobello, in Walsall and Wolverhampton.
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 WV13 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV13, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV13 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV13 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV13 at a rate of 136.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 294 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV13.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,143), shoplifting (533) and other crime (509).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV13 was 128.8 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 WV13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV13 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV13
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall 025A | 1,619 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Walsall 025B | 1,953 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Walsall 025C | 2,027 | 189.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| Walsall 025D | 1,877 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Walsall 025E | 1,759 | 74.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Walsall 027A | 1,750 | 140.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Walsall 027B | 1,837 | 123.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Walsall 027C | 2,868 | 363.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% |
| Wolverhampton 022A | 1,492 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 022C | 1,607 | 110.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 022D | 1,556 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 023D | 1,321 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Wolverhampton 023E | 1,656 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
MPs for WV13
- Pat McFaddenLabourMP for Wolverhampton South East95% of WV13’s postcodes
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East4.5% of WV13’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 WV133
Postcode sectors in WV133
Councils WV13 covers2
Towns in WV132
Postcode districts next to WV136
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WV postcode area2
WV13 in brief
WV13 is a postcode district covering Willenhall, Chapel Green and Portobello, in Walsall and Wolverhampton.
About 23,827 people lived in WV13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 185 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 136.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV13 was £200,000 in 2025.
WV13 had 22,423 usual residents at the census.
In WV13, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV13, 6.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.