WV3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wolverhampton, Merridale and Finchfield, in 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 WV3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV3, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV3 at a rate of 73.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 221 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,034), other crime (407) and criminal damage and arson (197).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV3 was 76.8 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 WV3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV3 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 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 WV3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton 017A | 1,554 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 019A | 1,532 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 019D | 1,866 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Wolverhampton 020A | 1,838 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Wolverhampton 020B | 1,627 | 180.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Wolverhampton 020C | 1,688 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 020D | 1,610 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 020E | 1,593 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 021A | 1,525 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 021B | 1,462 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 021C | 1,543 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 021D | 1,579 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 021E | 1,239 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 021F | 1,459 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| Wolverhampton 026A | 1,615 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Wolverhampton 026B | 1,526 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 026C | 1,447 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Wolverhampton 028E | 1,579 | 27.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for WV3
- Warinder JussLabourMP for Wolverhampton West99% of WV3’s postcodes
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East0.7% of WV3’s postcodes
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire0.3% of WV3’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 WV34
Postcode sectors in WV34
Council1
Towns in WV31
Postcode districts next to WV34
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WV postcode area2
WV3 in brief
WV3 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Merridale and Finchfield, in Wolverhampton.
About 31,152 people lived in WV3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 315 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV3 was £245,000 in 2025.
WV3 had 29,313 usual residents at the census.
In WV3, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV3, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.