Schools
120 open schools are in scope, including 76 primary and 15 secondary schools. Walsall Studio School is the nearest published school at 139 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WS1 1RY
St Matthew's · Walsall · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Walsall
- Ward
- St Matthew's
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Postcode district
- WS1
- Postcode sector
- WS1 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WS1 1RY
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 1985
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WS
- Postcode district
- WS1
- Postcode sector
- WS1 1
- Latitude
- 52.583729
- Longitude
- -1.981665
- British National Grid easting
- 401,339
- British National Grid northing
- 298,434
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Walsall · E08000030
- Electoral ward
- St Matthew's · E05016450
- Parish or community
- E43000184
- Westminster constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich · E14001562
- Output area
- E00168257
- Lower layer super output area
- Walsall 030A · E01010368
- Middle layer super output area
- Walsall 030 · E02002139
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore WS1
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 37, Digbeth, Walsall, WS1 1RY | 28 February 2018 | £415,000,000 |
| 37 - 39, Digbeth, Walsall, WS1 1RY | 28 February 2018 | £415,000,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 120
- Primary
- 76
- Secondary
- 15
- 139 m
Walsall Studio School
Studio schools
- 208 m
The Ladder School
Free schools alternative provision
- 491 m
Blue Coat Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,764
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,036
- Shoplifting 984
- Vehicle crime 589
- Criminal damage and arson 542
- Public order 515
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WS1 1 residents
- 807
Age bands in WS1 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 45.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 3.5%
165 residents
227 residents
561 residents
229 residents
43 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.
GP practices
40
within 5 km
SADDLERS HEALTH CENTRE
HATHERTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91018
393 m
UMBRELLA MEDICAL
1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91015
393 m
BRACE STREET HC- KUMAR
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91628
693 m
BRACE STREET HC- MAHBUB (M91659)
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91659
693 m
BRACE STREET HEALTH CENTRE
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91014
693 m
FORRESTER STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
1 FORRESTER STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PL
ODS code M91613
940 m
LITTLE LONDON SURGERY
LITTLE LONDON, CALDMORE, WALSALL, WS1 3EP
ODS code M91008
985 m
AMBAR MEDICAL CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code Y00228
1.2 km
PALFREY HEALTH CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code M91621
1.2 km
ST PETER'S SURGERY
51 LECKIE ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 8DA
ODS code M91004
1.2 km
BIRCHILLS HEALTH CENTRE
23-37 OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QH
ODS code M91629
1.2 km
PLECK HEALTH CENTRE
16 OXFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9HY
ODS code M91616
1.5 km
BROADWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
213 BROADWAY, WALSALL, WS1 3HD
ODS code M91619
1.8 km
BEECHDALE CENTRE
EDISON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 7HS
ODS code M91611
2.5 km
HARDEN HEALTH CENTRE
HARDEN ROAD, LEAMORE, WALSALL, WS3 1ET
ODS code M91036
2.8 km
MODALITY KINGFISHER DARLASTON PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91028
3.0 km
STROUD PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, BENTLEY, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91614
3.0 km
RUSHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
107 LICHFIELD ROAD, RUSHALL, WALSALL, WS4 1HB
ODS code M91019
3.1 km
TAME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
FRIAR PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0JS
ODS code M88023
3.3 km
HARDEN BLAKENALL
BLAKENHALL VILLAGE CENTRE, THAMES ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 1LZ
ODS code Y02627
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 40 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Newport Street
BCT · Walsall
- 0.1 miles
Saddlers Centre
BCT · Walsall
- 0.1 miles
Walsall Bus Station
BCS · Walsall
- 0.1 miles
Newport Street
BCT · Walsall
- 0.1 miles
Walsall Bus Station
BCS · Walsall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 030A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
703 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 3
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
7,764 published events cover 12 months, averaging 647 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,036 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.