# WV15 Postcode district covering Bridgnorth, Alveley and Low Town, in Shropshire. WV15 is a postcode district covering Bridgnorth, Alveley and Low Town, in Shropshire. Median sale price £273,400 in 2025. Recorded crime 50.7 per 1,000 people. Postcode district. Code WV15. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WV](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv) 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 WV15 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population) ## Key figures - **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15#f-house-sales-median-price - **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15#f-population - **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15#f-radon-affected-share - **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WV15) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 74% of people in WV15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=WV15) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 111 homes were sold in WV15 in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WV15) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WV15. - [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WV15) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WV15 had 8,728 usual residents at the census. ## How WV15 compares Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers. | Measure | WV15 | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £273,400 | 4th most expensive | 16 postcode districts, WV · 2025 | | Population | 8,728 | 5th least populated | 18 postcode districts, WV · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 74% | 7th most people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, WV · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 75.1% | 4th lowest | 18 postcode districts, WV · Jan 2026 | ## Is WV15 safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV15 at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people. That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across the WV postcode area. In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV15. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (160), other crime (81) and anti-social behaviour (41). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV15 was 51.9 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 WV15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV15 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in WV15 | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Shropshire 033A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028832) | 1,592 | 120.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.9% | | [Shropshire 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028834) | 1,627 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.7% | | [Shropshire 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028835) | 1,563 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% | | [Shropshire 034A](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028828) | 1,700 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 67.5% | | [Shropshire 034B](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028829) | 1,253 | 15.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% | | [Shropshire 034E](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/neighbourhood/e01028859) | 1,708 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 24.7% | ## Your MP - [South Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-shropshire): Stuart Anderson (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 99% of the people here. - [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 1.0% of the people here. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Middle areas in WV15 [Alveley, Claverley & Worfield](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/alveley-claverley-and-worfield), [Bridgnorth East](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire/bridgnorth-east) ## Postcode sectors in WV15 [WV15 5 (141 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15-5), [WV15 6 (153 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15-6) ## Council [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) ## Towns in WV15 [Bridgnorth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bridgnorth) ## Postcode districts next to WV15 [DY7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy7), [DY12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy12), [TF11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tf11), [WV5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv5), [WV6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6), [WV16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16) ## More in the WV postcode area [All WV postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) ## WV15 in brief WV15 is a postcode district covering Bridgnorth, Alveley and Low Town, in Shropshire. About 8,672 people lived in WV15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £273,400 in 2025 across 111 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in WV15 was £273,400 in 2025. WV15 had 8,728 usual residents at the census. About 74% of people in WV15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In WV15, 75.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Postcode district - Code: WV15 - Postcode area: [WV](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv) - Constituency: [South Shropshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-shropshire) - Council: [Shropshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) - Area: 95.70 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,672* - Neighbourhoods: 6 - Output areas: 29 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [WV16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv16), [WV5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv5), [WV6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6), [DY7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy7), [DY12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy12), [TF11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tf11) ## Latest updates for WV15 - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WV15 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15