# WV4

Postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Penn and Parkfield, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.

WV4 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Penn and Parkfield, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire. Median sale price £252,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code WV4. 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 WV4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WV4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 64% of people in WV4 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=WV4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 345 homes were sold in WV4 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WV4) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WV4.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WV4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WV4 had 35,000 usual residents at the census.

## How WV4 compares

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

| Measure | WV4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £252,500 | 7th most expensive | 16 postcode districts, WV · 2025 |
| Population | 35,000 | 5th most populated | 18 postcode districts, WV · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 64% | 9th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, WV · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.1% | joint 4th highest | 18 postcode districts, WV · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the WV postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in WV4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Staffordshire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029672) | 1,597 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.4% |
| [Wolverhampton 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010516) | 1,427 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Wolverhampton 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010518) | 1,628 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| [Wolverhampton 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010489) | 1,499 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010490) | 1,916 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| [Wolverhampton 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010491) | 1,567 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010492) | 1,280 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010449) | 2,492 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| [Wolverhampton 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010431) | 1,555 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Wolverhampton 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010432) | 1,529 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| [Wolverhampton 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010519) | 1,551 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| [Wolverhampton 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010520) | 1,680 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010513) | 1,548 | 127.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| [Wolverhampton 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010514) | 1,650 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010515) | 1,662 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Wolverhampton 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010517) | 1,708 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Wolverhampton 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010533) | 1,790 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [Wolverhampton 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010535) | 1,579 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Wolverhampton 032C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010536) | 1,659 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010537) | 1,460 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 034D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010538) | 1,561 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Wolverhampton 035D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010430) | 1,842 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |

## Your MP

- [Wolverhampton West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-west): Warinder Juss (Labour), MP since July 2024. 65% of the people here.
- [Wolverhampton South East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-south-east): Pat McFadden (Labour), MP since July 2024. 24% of the people here.
- [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 10% of the people here.
- [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dudley): Sonia Kumar (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.5% of the people here.
- [Wolverhampton North East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-north-east): Sureena Brackenridge (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% 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 WV4

[Ettingshall Park](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/ettingshall-park), [Goldthorn Park](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/goldthorn-park), [Merryhill South](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/merryhill-south), [Upper Penn](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/upper-penn)

## Postcode sectors in WV4

[WV4 4 (273 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4-4), [WV4 5 (251 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4-5), [WV4 6 (215 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4-6)

## Councils WV4 covers

[Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton), [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire)

## Towns in WV4

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

## Postcode districts next to WV4

[DY3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy3), [WV2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv2), [WV3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3), [WV5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv5), [WV6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6), [WV14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv14)

## Nearest rail stations

[Wolverhampton St George's (4.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1242,52.5841), [The Royal (4.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1176,52.5814), [Pipers Row (4.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1228,52.5852), [Wolverhampton (4.8 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)

## 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.
About 64% of people in WV4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WV4, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WV4
- 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: 20.20 km²
- People, mid-2024: 36,019*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 108

* 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

[WV5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv5), [WV2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv2), [DY3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy3), [WV3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3), [WV6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6), [WV14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv14)

## Latest updates for WV4

- 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/WV4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4