WS15 1SB

Brereton & Ravenhill · Cannock Chase · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cannock Chase
Constituency
Cannock Chase
Postcode district
WS15
Postcode sector
WS15 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS15 1ST 39 m
WS15 1BT 85 m
WS15 1BU 116 m
WS15 1SQ 122 m
WS15 1SD 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS15 1SB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS15
Postcode sector
WS15 1
Latitude
52.750874
Longitude
-1.929906
British National Grid easting
404,828
British National Grid northing
317,029

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Cannock Chase · E07000192
Parish or community
E04008869
Westminster constituency
Cannock Chase · E14001150
Output area
E00149544
Lower layer super output area
Cannock Chase 003B · E01029346
Middle layer super output area
Cannock Chase 003 · E02006120

Postcode source versions

Explore WS15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
16
Secondary
1
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    364 m
  2. Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    457 m
  3. Chase View Community Primary School

    Community school

    712 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,615
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 734
  • Shoplifting 161
  • Anti social behaviour 152
  • Public order 133
  • Criminal damage and arson 107

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

12 female, 6 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
1.2
WS15 1 residents
12,526

Age bands in WS15 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.7%

2,430 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,213 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.8%

3,434 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

3,103 residents

Age 65 and over
17.6%

2,168 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS15 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • BRERETON SURGERY

    88 MAIN ROAD, BRERETON, RUGELEY, WS15 1DU

    ODS code M83703

    533 m

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE HEALTH CENTRE, SANDY LANE, RUGELEY, WS15 2LB

    ODS code Y02354

    805 m

  • AELFGAR SURGERY

    CHURCH STREET, RUGELEY, WS15 2AB

    ODS code M83738

    1.5 km

  • HORSEFAIR PRACTICE

    SPRINGFIELDS HC & WELL BEING CLINIC, LOVETT COURT, RUGELEY, WS15 2FH

    ODS code M83001

    2.2 km

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

  • Ravenhill Terrace

    BCT · Rugeley

    0.1 miles
  • Ravenhill Terrace

    BCT · Rugeley

    0.1 miles
  • Buckmaster Way

    BCT · Brereton

    0.1 miles
  • Buckmaster Way

    BCT · Brereton

    0.1 miles
  • Newman Grove

    BCT · Rugeley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cannock Chase 003B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,229 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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
0
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

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 364 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,615 published events cover 12 months, averaging 134.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 734 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.