# WV3

Postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Merridale and Finchfield, in Wolverhampton.

WV3 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Merridale and Finchfield, in Wolverhampton. Median sale price £245,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code WV3. 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 WV3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WV3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 23% of people in WV3 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=WV3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 315 homes were sold in WV3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WV3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WV3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WV3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WV3 had 29,313 usual residents at the census.

## How WV3 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | WV3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £245,000 | joint 8th most expensive | 16 postcode districts, WV · 2025 |
| Population | 29,313 | 6th most populated | 18 postcode districts, WV · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 23% | 5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, WV · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 99.1% | joint highest | 18 postcode districts, WV · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the WV postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in WV3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wolverhampton 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010506) | 1,554 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Wolverhampton 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010509) | 1,532 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010552) | 1,866 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| [Wolverhampton 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010463) | 1,838 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Wolverhampton 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010464) | 1,627 | 180.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| [Wolverhampton 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010465) | 1,688 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Wolverhampton 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010466) | 1,610 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010470) | 1,593 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010487) | 1,525 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Wolverhampton 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010488) | 1,462 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010493) | 1,543 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010504) | 1,579 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Wolverhampton 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010505) | 1,239 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010507) | 1,459 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| [Wolverhampton 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010467) | 1,615 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| [Wolverhampton 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010468) | 1,526 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Wolverhampton 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010469) | 1,447 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| [Wolverhampton 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010494) | 1,579 | 27.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Wolverhampton West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-west): Warinder Juss (Labour), MP since July 2024. 99% of the people here.
- [Wolverhampton North East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-north-east): Sureena Brackenridge (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.7% of the people here.
- [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.3% 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 WV3

[Bradmore](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/bradmore), [Castlecroft](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/castlecroft), [Compton & Merryhill North](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/compton-and-merryhill-north), [Wolverhampton Central](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/wolverhampton-central)

## Postcode sectors in WV3

[WV3 0 (170 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3-0), [WV3 7 (135 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3-7), [WV3 8 (117 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3-8), [WV3 9 (192 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3-9)

## Council

[Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton)

## Towns in WV3

[Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton)

## Postcode districts next to WV3

[WV1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv1), [WV2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv2), [WV4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4), [WV6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6)

## Nearest rail stations

[Wolverhampton St George's (2.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1242,52.5841), [Pipers Row (2.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1228,52.5852), [The Royal (2.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1176,52.5814), [Wolverhampton (2.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1196,52.5872)

## 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)

## 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.
About 23% of people in WV3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WV3, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WV3
- Postcode area: [WV](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv)
- Constituency: [Wolverhampton West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-west)
- Council: [Wolverhampton †](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton)
- Area: 7.46 km²
- People, mid-2024: 31,152*
- Neighbourhoods: 18
- Output areas: 95

* 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

[WV6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6), [WV4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4), [WV1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv1), [WV2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv2)

## Latest updates for WV3

- 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/WV3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3#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/wv3