# WV6 0BY: area report for a postcode in Wolverhampton

WV6 0BY is a postcode in Wolverhampton.

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 Wolverhampton. Open the map at WV6 0BY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) › [WV6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6) › [WV6 0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6-0)

## Around this postcode

- **35 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 12% on July. Wolverhampton 017C: 173 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **Wolverhampton St George's, 2.3 km**: About 28 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **7 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 10 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **No property in WV6 0BY 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=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Wolverhampton 017C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **£220,559 average price**: For the whole of Wolverhampton, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 810 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WV6 0BY**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **Low road and rail noise at WV6 0BY**: Road 42 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **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=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY
- **11.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wolverhampton Girls' High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wolverhampton-girls-high-school-e140798) | Secondary | 10 m (1 minute on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 75.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Jude's Church of England Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-judes-church-of-england-primary-academy-e140355) | Primary | 230 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Edmund's Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-edmunds-catholic-academy-e139891) | Secondary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, March 2025 | Attainment 8 of 51.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Newbridge Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newbridge-preparatory-school-e104408) | Independent | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Peter's Collegiate Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peters-collegiate-academy-e138852) | Secondary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 48.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Andrew's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-church-of-england-primary-school-e150887) | Primary | 680 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022, before the school changed | – |
| [Wolverhampton Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wolverhampton-grammar-school-e104411) | Independent | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Pine Green Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pine-green-academy-e142086) | Special | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £105,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| February 2026 | £170,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| November 2025 | £315,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| May 2026 | £75,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| March 2025 | £203,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| March 2025 | £245,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| July 2024 | £515,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 260 m |
| July 2024 | £143,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 260 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: NEWBRIDGE SURGERY (310 m)
- Pharmacies: JHL PHARMACIES (310 m); MILLSTREAM PHARMACY (470 m); NEWBRIDGE PHARMACY (680 m); THE PHARMACY CLINIC (950 m)
- Dental practices: MARK WEBB DENTAL PRACTICE (260 m); PARKDALE DENTAL & IMPLANT CLINIC (450 m); HALFWAY HOUSE DENTAL (470 m); LARCHOLME DENTAL PRACTICE (690 m); ROCK HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (990 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Wolverhampton Compton Road Local (810 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £220,559** (July 2026). Wolverhampton’s average house price was £220,559 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 7.2% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,858** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wolverhampton earned a median of £35,858 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 89th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.2×** (2025). A home in Wolverhampton costs 6.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 106th most 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: 32.6** (2025). Wolverhampton has a deprivation score of 32.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 23rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wolverhampton 017C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 28.6** (2025). Wolverhampton 017C has a deprivation score of 28.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,957th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £122,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wolverhampton 017C was £122,500 in 2025. Joint 959th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,545** (2021). Wolverhampton 017C had 1,545 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,051st 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: 98.7%** (January 2026). In Wolverhampton 017C, 98.7% 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.

## WV6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £263,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WV6 was £263,500 in 2025. Joint 856th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 45,107** (2021). WV6 had 45,107 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 306th 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: 3%** (2022). About 3% of people in WV6 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: 93.0%** (January 2026). In WV6, 93.0% 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: [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton)
- Centre: 52.5910, -2.1559

Council: [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Wolverhampton West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-west): Warinder Juss (Labour), 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=-2.1559,52.5910,WV60BY

## How to cite

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