WV8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Codsall, Bilbrook and Lane Green, in South Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.
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 WV8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV8, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV8 at a rate of 53.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 75 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (408), other crime (134) and anti-social behaviour (114).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV8 was 55.9 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 WV8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV8 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 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 WV8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire 008A | 1,304 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| South Staffordshire 008B | 1,656 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| South Staffordshire 008C | 1,206 | 98.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% |
| South Staffordshire 008D | 1,394 | 123.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.5% |
| South Staffordshire 009A | 1,547 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 64.3% |
| South Staffordshire 009B | 1,645 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 70.3% |
| South Staffordshire 009C | 1,190 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.2% |
| South Staffordshire 009D | 1,367 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.3% |
| South Staffordshire 009E | 1,395 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.9% |
| Wolverhampton 003C | 1,394 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 003D | 1,417 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
MPs for WV8
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire79% of WV8’s postcodes
- Warinder JussLabourMP for Wolverhampton West18% of WV8’s postcodes
- Mark PritchardConservativeMP for The Wrekin2.1% of WV8’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge1.6% of WV8’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 WV83
Postcode sectors in WV82
Councils WV8 covers2
Towns in WV82
Postcode districts next to WV84
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WV postcode area2
WV8 in brief
WV8 is a postcode district covering Codsall, Bilbrook and Lane Green, in South Staffordshire and Wolverhampton.
About 16,256 people lived in WV8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £305,000 in 2025 across 196 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV8 was £305,000 in 2025.
WV8 had 15,509 usual residents at the census.
In WV8, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV8, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.