WV14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bilston and Coseley, in Wolverhampton and Dudley.
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 WV14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV14, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV14 at a rate of 104.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 545 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,431), other crime (890) and shoplifting (670).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV14 was 105.0 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 WV14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV14 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley 001A | 2,237 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Dudley 001B | 1,481 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| Dudley 001C | 1,530 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 001D | 1,844 | 112.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.6% |
| Dudley 001E | 1,458 | 97.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Dudley 004A | 1,601 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 004B | 1,558 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Dudley 004C | 1,378 | 150.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| Dudley 004D | 1,421 | 97.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 038E | 1,953 | 111.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 022B | 1,658 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 023A | 1,634 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Wolverhampton 023B | 1,757 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.2% |
| Wolverhampton 023C | 1,357 | 86.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Wolverhampton 027A | 2,213 | 336.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.6% |
| Wolverhampton 027B | 1,818 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 027C | 1,894 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Wolverhampton 027D | 1,868 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.3% |
| Wolverhampton 029B | 2,676 | 137.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| Wolverhampton 029C | 2,033 | 127.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Wolverhampton 033A | 2,432 | 146.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Wolverhampton 033B | 2,160 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 033C | 2,141 | 169.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.3% |
| Wolverhampton 033D | 1,702 | 97.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 034A | 1,785 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Wolverhampton 034B | 1,740 | 90.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 034C | 1,501 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
MPs for WV14
- Pat McFaddenLabourMP for Wolverhampton South East72% of WV14’s postcodes
- Antonia BanceLabourMP for Tipton and Wednesbury24% of WV14’s postcodes
- Sonia KumarLabourMP for Dudley3.6% of WV14’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 WV147
Postcode sectors in WV146
Councils WV14 covers2
Towns in WV143
Postcode districts next to WV148
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WV postcode area2
WV14 in brief
WV14 is a postcode district covering Bilston and Coseley, in Wolverhampton and Dudley.
About 54,536 people lived in WV14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,000 in 2025 across 416 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 104.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV14 was £205,000 in 2025.
WV14 had 50,890 usual residents at the census.
In WV14, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV14, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.