WV4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wolverhampton, Penn and Parkfield, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.
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 WV4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV4, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV4 at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 172 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (994), other crime (357) and vehicle crime (229).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV4 was 61.5 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 WV4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV4 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire 013C | 1,597 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.4% |
| Wolverhampton 026D | 1,427 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 026E | 1,628 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| Wolverhampton 028A | 1,499 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 028B | 1,916 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Wolverhampton 028C | 1,567 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 028D | 1,280 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 029A | 2,492 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Wolverhampton 030B | 1,555 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 030C | 1,529 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| Wolverhampton 030D | 1,551 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Wolverhampton 030E | 1,680 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 031A | 1,548 | 127.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Wolverhampton 031B | 1,650 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 031C | 1,662 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 031D | 1,708 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 032A | 1,790 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Wolverhampton 032B | 1,579 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Wolverhampton 032C | 1,659 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 032D | 1,460 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 034D | 1,561 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 035D | 1,842 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
MPs for WV4
- Warinder JussLabourMP for Wolverhampton West65% of WV4’s postcodes
- Pat McFaddenLabourMP for Wolverhampton South East24% of WV4’s postcodes
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire10% of WV4’s postcodes
- Sonia KumarLabourMP for Dudley0.5% of WV4’s postcodes
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East0.1% of WV4’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 WV44
Postcode sectors in WV43
Councils WV4 covers2
Towns in WV41
Postcode districts next to WV46
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WV postcode area2
WV4 in brief
WV4 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Penn and Parkfield, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.
About 36,019 people lived in WV4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £252,500 in 2025 across 345 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV4 was £252,500 in 2025.
WV4 had 35,000 usual residents at the census.
In WV4, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV4, 5.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.