WV6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wolverhampton, Perton and Newbridge, 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 WV6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV6, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV6 at a rate of 71.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 340 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,495), shoplifting (511) and other crime (509).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV6 was 72.2 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 WV6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV6 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire 015A | 1,670 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| South Staffordshire 015B | 1,452 | 168.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| South Staffordshire 015C | 1,916 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.7% |
| South Staffordshire 015D | 2,030 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| South Staffordshire 015E | 1,392 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| South Staffordshire 015F | 1,453 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| South Staffordshire 015G | 2,261 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 17.2% |
| Wolverhampton 009A | 1,571 | 77.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| Wolverhampton 009B | 1,460 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.6% |
| Wolverhampton 009C | 1,603 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 009D | 1,513 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 009E | 1,681 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 013A | 1,754 | 88.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Wolverhampton 013B | 1,727 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 013C | 1,795 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 013D | 1,849 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 014A | 1,752 | 17.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| Wolverhampton 014B | 1,473 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Wolverhampton 014C | 1,437 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Wolverhampton 014D | 1,518 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| Wolverhampton 014E | 1,594 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Wolverhampton 016A | 1,488 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 016B | 1,901 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Wolverhampton 017C | 1,545 | 173.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Wolverhampton 017D | 1,791 | 139.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Wolverhampton 017E | 1,402 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 019B | 1,655 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.4% |
| Wolverhampton 019C | 1,589 | 124.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.9% |
MPs for WV6
- Warinder JussLabourMP for Wolverhampton West68% of WV6’s postcodes
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire30% of WV6’s postcodes
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire2.1% of WV6’s postcodes
- Mark PritchardConservativeMP for The Wrekin0.1% of WV6’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 WV65
Postcode sectors in WV65
Councils WV6 covers2
Towns in WV62
Postcode districts next to WV611
Nearest rail stations1
More in the WV postcode area2
WV6 in brief
WV6 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Perton and Newbridge, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.
About 46,702 people lived in WV6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £263,500 in 2025 across 613 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV6 was £263,500 in 2025.
WV6 had 45,107 usual residents at the census.
In WV6, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV6, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.