WV9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wolverhampton, Pendeford and Coven, 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 WV9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WV9, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WV9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV9 at a rate of 55.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across WV.
In August 2026 alone, 22 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (137), shoplifting (69) and other crime (62).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV9 was 62.1 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 WV9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV9 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire 006A | 1,477 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.3% |
| South Staffordshire 006B | 1,934 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.4% |
| Wolverhampton 002B | 1,113 | 20.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Wolverhampton 003A | 1,409 | 132.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wolverhampton 003B | 1,336 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
MPs for WV9
- Warinder JussLabourMP for Wolverhampton West49% of WV9’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge42% of WV9’s postcodes
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire4.3% of WV9’s postcodes
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East4.3% of WV9’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.
Postcode sectors in WV91
Councils WV9 covers2
Towns in WV91
Postcode districts next to WV95
Nearest rail stations2
More in the WV postcode area2
WV9 in brief
WV9 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Pendeford and Coven, in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire.
About 6,733 people lived in WV9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 93 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 55.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV9 was £245,000 in 2025.
WV9 had 6,683 usual residents at the census.
In WV9, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WV9, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.