WV5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wombourne, Blakeley and The Bratch, in South Staffordshire and Shropshire.
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 WV5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV5, 80.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV5 at a rate of 49.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 59 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (313), other crime (127) and anti-social behaviour (103).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV5 was 52.3 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 WV5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV5 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 034C | 1,736 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 52.0% |
| South Staffordshire 012A | 1,518 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| South Staffordshire 012B | 1,514 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.5% |
| South Staffordshire 012C | 1,090 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.0% |
| South Staffordshire 012D | 1,479 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| South Staffordshire 012E | 1,521 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| South Staffordshire 013B | 2,269 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 31.0% |
| South Staffordshire 013D | 1,705 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 61.8% |
| South Staffordshire 013E | 1,457 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| South Staffordshire 013F | 1,367 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| South Staffordshire 013G | 1,574 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.7% |
MPs for WV5
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire87% of WV5’s postcodes
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire13% of WV5’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 WV52
Postcode sectors in WV55
Councils WV5 covers2
Towns in WV51
Postcode districts next to WV55
More in the WV postcode area2
WV5 in brief
WV5 is a postcode district covering Wombourne, Blakeley and The Bratch, in South Staffordshire and Shropshire.
About 15,693 people lived in WV5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £328,750 in 2025 across 224 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV5 was £328,750 in 2025.
WV5 had 15,081 usual residents at the census.
In WV5, 80.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV5, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.