Property market
The five-year median is £162,500 from 1,235 recorded sales in WS1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Walsall is £214,577 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.
WS1
UK postcode district
Part of Walsall
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,312
- Current units
- 622
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 690
Postcode sectors in WS1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
9,622 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 7, Selborne Street, Walsall, WS1 2JN | 21 July 2026 | £70,000 |
| 94, Lord Street, Walsall, WS1 4DR | 21 July 2026 | £160,000 |
| 52, South Street, Walsall, WS1 4HE | 16 July 2026 | £200,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,788
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,015
- Shoplifting 1,096
- Vehicle crime 409
- Public order 395
- Criminal damage and arson 367
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WS1 usual residents
- 28,438
- Age-profile population
- 28,685
Age bands in WS1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 22.6%
- 6,490 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.7%
- 4,499 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.7%
- 8,511 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 21%
- 6,021 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 11%
- 3,164 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 547 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 519 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 391 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
9
in this district
AMBAR MEDICAL CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code Y00228
BRACE STREET HC- KUMAR
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91628
BRACE STREET HC- MAHBUB (M91659)
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91659
BRACE STREET HEALTH CENTRE
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91014
BROADWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
213 BROADWAY, WALSALL, WS1 3HD
ODS code M91619
LITTLE LONDON SURGERY
LITTLE LONDON, CALDMORE, WALSALL, WS1 3EP
ODS code M91008
PALFREY HEALTH CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code M91621
SADDLERS HEALTH CENTRE
HATHERTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91018
UMBRELLA MEDICAL
1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91015
Evidence in context
Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,788 published events cover 12 months, averaging 482 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,015 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.