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St Peters

Ward

Central Wolverhampton. About 15,478 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 46% of people in St Peters live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,745
Joint 1,106th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
46%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
11.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Peters compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

St PetersMiddle
Population20 wards, Wolverhampton · 2021
Population: every ward in Wolverhampton20 areas from 10,648 to 15,577. The middle area is 13,011. St Peters is 13,745.
13,7458th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Wolverhampton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wolverhampton20 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 49.0%. St Peters is 46.0%.
46%10th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Wolverhampton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wolverhampton20 areas from 91.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.9%. St Peters is 91.6%.
91.6%lowest
Claimant rate20 wards, Wolverhampton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wolverhampton20 areas from 3.3% to 11.3%. The middle area is 6.1%. St Peters is 11.3%.
11.3%highest

Is St Peters safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Peters at a rate of 234.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 99.3 per 1,000 people across Wolverhampton.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 366 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Peters.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,529), other crime (717) and shoplifting (413).

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.

Figures for the whole of Wolverhampton

These figures are published for the whole of Wolverhampton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wolverhampton and not St Peters alone. See Wolverhampton

Average house price
£220,559
Up 7.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,858
89th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.2×
Joint 106th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
32.6
23rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Peters in brief

St Peters had 13,745 usual residents at the census.

About 46% of people in St Peters live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St Peters, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Peters, 11.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.