# WV15 5DE: area report for a postcode in Shropshire

WV15 5DE is a postcode in Shropshire.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Shropshire. Open the map at WV15 5DE for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) › [WV15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15) › [WV15 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15-5)

## Around this postcode

- **26 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 117% on July. Shropshire 033D: 37 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **Cosford, 14 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 140 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **No property in WV15 5DE listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Shropshire 033D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **£275,232 average price**: For the whole of Shropshire, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 100 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WV15 5DE**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **Low road and rail noise at WV15 5DE**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE
- **8.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St. Mary's Bluecoat Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-bluecoat-church-of-england-primary-school-e151184) | Primary | 140 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Bridgnorth Endowed School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bridgnorth-endowed-school-e139143) | Secondary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 42.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St John's Catholic Primary School,  A Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151756) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), July 2024, before the school changed | – |
| [Oldbury Wells School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oldbury-wells-school-e142153) | Secondary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | Attainment 8 of 42.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Leonard's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-leonards-cofe-primary-school-e145221) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Castlefields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castlefields-primary-school-e145202) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £220,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| January 2025 | £218,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| November 2025 | £190,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| May 2024 | £183,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| May 2026 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| August 2024 | £210,675 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| March 2025 | £225,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| September 2025 | £175,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: BRIDGNORTH PHARMACY (390 m); BOOTS (880 m)
- Dental practices: 39 UNDERHILL STREET [DENTAL PRACTICE] (640 m); ST LEONARDS HOUSE DENTAL CENTRE (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Bridgnorth (100 m, Morrisons); Tesco Bridgnorth Hermitage Esso Express (290 m, Tesco); Co-op Bridgnorth (330 m, The Co-operative Group); M&S Bridgnorth SF (350 m, Marks and Spencer); Aldi Bridgnorth (530 m, Aldi)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £275,232** (July 2026). Shropshire’s average house price was £275,232 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,991** (2025). Full-time workers living in Shropshire earned a median of £36,991 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 122nd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.4×** (2025). A home in Shropshire costs 7.4 times local full-time pay. Joint 167th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 17.6** (2025). Shropshire has a deprivation score of 17.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 130th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Shropshire 033D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 13.9** (2025). Shropshire 033D has a deprivation score of 13.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,185th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £255,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Shropshire 033D was £255,000 in 2025. Joint 11,965th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,563** (2021). Shropshire 033D had 1,563 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,073rd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.5%** (January 2026). In Shropshire 033D, 95.5% 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.

## WV15 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £273,400** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WV15 was £273,400 in 2025. 937th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 8,728** (2021). WV15 had 8,728 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 652nd least 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 74%** (2022). About 74% of people in WV15 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 75.1%** (January 2026). In WV15, 75.1% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire)
- Centre: 52.5336, -2.4078

Council: [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [South Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-shropshire): Stuart Anderson (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.4078,52.5336,WV155DE

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