# WV3 8JU: area report for a postcode in Wolverhampton

WV3 8JU is a postcode in Wolverhampton.

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 Wolverhampton. Open the map at WV3 8JU for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) › [WV3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3) › [WV3 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3-8)

## Around this postcode

- **6 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 33% on July. Wolverhampton 019B: 33 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **Wolverhampton St George's, 4.9 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **No property in WV3 8JU 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=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Wolverhampton 019B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **£215,801 average price**: For the whole of Wolverhampton, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 430 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.6 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WV3 8JU**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **Low road and rail noise at WV3 8JU**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU
- **9.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wightwick Hall School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wightwick-hall-school-e144209) | Special | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Smestow Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/smestow-academy-e149635) | Secondary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 48.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Castlecroft Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castlecroft-primary-school-e104311) | Primary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2024 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bhylls Acre Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bhylls-acre-primary-school-e149420) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Christ Church (Church of England) Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-church-church-of-england-infant-and-nursery-school-e104362) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), April 2024 | – |
| [Westacre Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westacre-infant-school-e152240) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Penn Fields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penn-fields-school-e104412) | Special | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | – |
| [Perton Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/perton-primary-academy-e143353) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £310,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| October 2024 | £205,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| July 2025 | £197,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| March 2026 | £245,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 220 m |
| June 2023 | £112,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 260 m |
| April 2023 | £575,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 290 m |
| March 2025 | £217,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 290 m |
| September 2024 | £243,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 340 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE (430 m)
- Pharmacies: CASTLECROFT PHARMACY (620 m)
- Dental practices: WIGHTWICK DENTAL PRACTICE (370 m)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £215,801** (August 2026). Wolverhampton’s average house price was £215,801 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,858** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wolverhampton earned a median of £35,858 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 89th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.0×** (2025). A home in Wolverhampton costs 6.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 93rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 32.6** (2025). Wolverhampton has a deprivation score of 32.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 23rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wolverhampton 019B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 3.9** (2025). Wolverhampton 019B has a deprivation score of 3.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,756th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £415,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wolverhampton 019B was £415,000 in 2025. Joint 7,951st most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,655** (2021). Wolverhampton 019B had 1,655 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,459th 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: 93.4%** (January 2026). In Wolverhampton 019B, 93.4% 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.

## WV3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WV3 was £245,000 in 2025. Joint 705th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 29,313** (2021). WV3 had 29,313 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 961st most 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: 23%** (2022). About 23% of people in WV3 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: 99.1%** (January 2026). In WV3, 99.1% 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: [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton)
- Centre: 52.5786, -2.1961

Council: [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Wolverhampton West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-west): Warinder Juss (Labour), 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), August 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=-2.1961,52.5786,WV38JU

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