# WV6

Postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Perton and Newbridge, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.

WV6 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Perton and Newbridge, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire. Median sale price £263,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code WV6. 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 WV6 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WV6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 3% of people in WV6 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=WV6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 613 homes were sold in WV6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WV6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WV6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WV6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WV6 had 45,107 usual residents at the census.

## How WV6 compares

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

| Measure | WV6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £263,500 | 6th most expensive | 16 postcode districts, WV · 2025 |
| Population | 45,107 | 3rd most populated | 18 postcode districts, WV · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 3% | 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, WV · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.0% | 9th lowest | 18 postcode districts, WV · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the WV postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in WV6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Staffordshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029665) | 1,670 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| [South Staffordshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029666) | 1,452 | 168.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [South Staffordshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029661) | 1,916 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.7% |
| [South Staffordshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029662) | 2,030 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [South Staffordshire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029663) | 1,392 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [South Staffordshire 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029664) | 1,453 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [South Staffordshire 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029654) | 2,261 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 17.2% |
| [Wolverhampton 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010539) | 1,571 | 77.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| [Wolverhampton 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010540) | 1,460 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.6% |
| [Wolverhampton 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010542) | 1,603 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [Wolverhampton 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010544) | 1,513 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010545) | 1,681 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010522) | 1,754 | 88.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| [Wolverhampton 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010523) | 1,727 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Wolverhampton 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010524) | 1,795 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Wolverhampton 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010525) | 1,849 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Wolverhampton 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010546) | 1,752 | 17.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| [Wolverhampton 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010547) | 1,473 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| [Wolverhampton 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010548) | 1,437 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| [Wolverhampton 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010549) | 1,518 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| [Wolverhampton 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010553) | 1,594 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Wolverhampton 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010526) | 1,488 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Wolverhampton 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010527) | 1,901 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Wolverhampton 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010510) | 1,545 | 173.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| [Wolverhampton 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010511) | 1,791 | 139.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Wolverhampton 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010512) | 1,402 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Wolverhampton 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010550) | 1,655 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.4% |
| [Wolverhampton 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/neighbourhood/e01010551) | 1,589 | 124.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.9% |

## Your MP

- [Wolverhampton West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wolverhampton-west): Warinder Juss (Labour), MP since July 2024. 68% of the people here.
- [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 30% of the people here.
- [South Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-shropshire): Stuart Anderson (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 2.1% of the people here.
- [The Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/the-wrekin): Mark Pritchard (Conservative), 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 WV6

[Perton & Pattingham](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/perton-and-pattingham), [Tettenhall North](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/tettenhall-north), [Tettenhall South](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/tettenhall-south), [West Park](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/west-park), [Whitmore Reans & Dunstall Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton/whitmore-reans-and-dunstall-hill)

## Postcode sectors in WV6

[WV6 0 (248 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6-0), [WV6 6 (38 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6-6), [WV6 7 (315 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6-7), [WV6 8 (283 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6-8), [WV6 9 (160 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6-9)

## Councils WV6 covers

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

## Towns in WV6

[Perton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/perton), [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton)

## Postcode districts next to WV6

[TF11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tf11), [WV1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv1), [WV3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3), [WV4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv4), [WV5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv5), [WV7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv7), [WV8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv8), [WV9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv9), [WV10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv10), [WV15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15), [WV98](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv98)

## Nearest rail stations

[Albrighton (5.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2689,52.6379)

## 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)

## 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.
About 3% of people in WV6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WV6, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WV6
- 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: 56.51 km²
- People, mid-2024: 46,702*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 146

* 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

[WV8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv8), [WV7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv7), [WV15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv15), [TF11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tf11), [WV5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv5), [WV3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv3)

## Latest updates for WV6

- 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/WV6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv6#f-house-sales-median-price.

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