WV16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bridgnorth and High Town, in Shropshire.
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 WV16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV16, 73.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV16 at a rate of 58.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (455), other crime (175) and anti-social behaviour (135).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV16 was 55.4 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 WV16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV16 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 029E | 2,460 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 66.2% |
| Shropshire 031A | 1,414 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.2% |
| Shropshire 031B | 1,519 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.9% |
| Shropshire 031C | 1,401 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.2% |
| Shropshire 031D | 1,324 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Shropshire 033B | 1,412 | 185.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.1% |
| Shropshire 035A | 1,703 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 26.9% |
| Shropshire 035B | 2,328 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 45.9% |
| Shropshire 035C | 1,788 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.5% |
| Shropshire 035D | 1,945 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.1% |
Your MP
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire
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 WV162
Postcode sectors in WV164
Council1
Towns in WV161
Postcode districts next to WV168
More in the WV postcode area2
WV16 in brief
WV16 is a postcode district covering Bridgnorth and High Town, in Shropshire.
About 17,947 people lived in WV16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £267,500 in 2025 across 223 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV16 was £267,500 in 2025.
WV16 had 17,763 usual residents at the census.
In WV16, 73.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV16, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.