# WV4 5LH: area report for a postcode in South Staffordshire

WV4 5LH is a postcode in South Staffordshire.

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 South Staffordshire. Open the map at WV4 5LH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) › [WV4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4) › [WV4 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4-5)

## Around this postcode

- **2 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 33% on July. South Staffordshire 012B: 50 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **Wolverhampton St George's, 4.8 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 230 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **No property in WV4 5LH 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=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, South Staffordshire 012B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **£310,862 average price**: For the whole of South Staffordshire, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.8 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.6 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **No gigabit broadband at WV4 5LH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **Low road and rail noise at WV4 5LH**: Road 45 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **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=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH
- **9.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ladybird Manor School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ladybird-manor-school-e152161) | Special | 230 m (3 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Penn Hall School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penn-hall-school-e149228) | Special | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | – |
| [Springdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/springdale-primary-school-e150083) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-bartholomews-church-of-england-primary-school-e143393) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Highfields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfields-school-e142317) | Secondary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 50.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Penn Fields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/penn-fields-school-e104412) | Special | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | – |
| [St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-benedict-biscop-cofe-primary-school-e143829) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Warstones Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/warstones-primary-school-e150084) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022, before the school changed | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2026 | £285,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| March 2026 | £425,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| August 2024 | £560,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| December 2024 | £620,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 180 m |
| July 2025 | £310,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| January 2025 | £244,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 280 m |
| October 2025 | £302,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 290 m |
| May 2024 | £360,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 330 m |

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £310,862** (July 2026). South Staffordshire’s average house price was £310,862 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 5.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £38,788** (2025). Full-time workers living in South Staffordshire earned a median of £38,788 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 167th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.0×** (2025). A home in South Staffordshire costs 8.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 135th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 13.5** (2025). South Staffordshire has a deprivation score of 13.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 71st least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## South Staffordshire 012B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 13.7** (2025). South Staffordshire 012B has a deprivation score of 13.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,988th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in South Staffordshire 012B was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 12,910th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,514** (2021). South Staffordshire 012B had 1,514 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,782nd 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: 88.5%** (January 2026). In South Staffordshire 012B, 88.5% 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.

## WV4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £252,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WV4 was £252,500 in 2025. Joint 784th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 35,000** (2021). WV4 had 35,000 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 654th 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: 64%** (2022). About 64% of people in WV4 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: 98.1%** (January 2026). In WV4, 98.1% 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: [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire)
- Centre: 52.5532, -2.1745

Council: [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), 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), July 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=-2.1745,52.5532,WV45LH

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