Property market
The five-year median is £130,000 from 12 recorded sales in WS2 0AQ. 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.
WS2 0AQ
Short Heath · Walsall · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Walsall
- Ward
- Short Heath
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East
- Postcode district
- WS2
- Postcode sector
- WS2 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WS2 0AQ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WS
- Postcode district
- WS2
- Postcode sector
- WS2 0
- Latitude
- 52.589111
- Longitude
- -2.032587
- British National Grid easting
- 397,889
- British National Grid northing
- 299,033
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Walsall · E08000030
- Electoral ward
- Short Heath · E05016449
- Parish or community
- E43000184
- Westminster constituency
- Wolverhampton South East · E14001595
- Output area
- E00051864
- Lower layer super output area
- Walsall 023B · E01010259
- Middle layer super output area
- Walsall 023 · E02002132
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 WS2
Property
41 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 58, Western Avenue, Walsall, WS2 0AQ | 30 May 2025 | £135,000 |
| 36, Western Avenue, Walsall, WS2 0AQ | 31 March 2025 | £150,000 |
| 6, Western Avenue, Walsall, WS2 0AQ | 27 September 2024 | £150,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 142
- Primary
- 87
- Secondary
- 21
- 295 m
Bentley West Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 630 m
County Bridge Primary School
Community school
- 822 m
Barcroft Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,378
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,342
- Vehicle crime 403
- Criminal damage and arson 381
- Shoplifting 369
- Anti social behaviour 163
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 115
- Postcode households
- 45
- Residents per household
- 2.6
- WS2 0 residents
- 8,830
55 female, 60 male
Age bands in WS2 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 23.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.3%
2,079 residents
951 residents
2,351 residents
2,025 residents
1,447 residents
This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS2 0 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
50
within 5 km
MODALITY KINGFISHER DARLASTON PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91028
546 m
STROUD PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, BENTLEY, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91614
546 m
LOCKFIELD SURGERY
WILLENHALL HEALTH CENTRE, CROFT STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2DR
ODS code M91013
1.7 km
LOCKSTOWN PRACTICE
WILLENHALL MEDICAL CENTRE, GOMER STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2DR
ODS code M91021
1.7 km
WILLENHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
CROFT STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2DR
ODS code M91033
1.7 km
THE KEYS FAMILY PRACTICE
WILLENHALL MEDICAL CENTRE, FIELD STREET, WILLENHALL, WV13 2NY
ODS code Y02626
1.9 km
BEECHDALE CENTRE
EDISON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 7HS
ODS code M91611
1.9 km
ROUGH HAY SURGERY
44B ROUGH HAY ROAD, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8NQ
ODS code M91640
2.0 km
NEW INVENTION HEALTH CENTRE
66 CANNOCK ROAD, NEW INVENTION, WILLENHALL, WV12 5RZ
ODS code M91016
2.3 km
DARLASTON MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRMINGHAM STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9JQ
ODS code M91641
2.5 km
BIRCHILLS HEALTH CENTRE
23-37 OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QH
ODS code M91629
2.5 km
FORRESTER STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
1 FORRESTER STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PL
ODS code M91613
2.6 km
DARLASTON FAMILY PRACTICE
PINFOLD STREET, DARLASTON, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8SY
ODS code M91026
2.6 km
DARLASTON HEALTH CENTRE
PINFOLD STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 8SY
ODS code Y00278
2.6 km
PLECK HEALTH CENTRE
16 OXFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9HY
ODS code M91616
2.9 km
AMBAR MEDICAL CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code Y00228
3.2 km
PALFREY HEALTH CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code M91621
3.2 km
ASHMORE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
GRIFFITHS DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 2LH
ODS code M92022
3.2 km
ST PETER'S SURGERY
51 LECKIE ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 8DA
ODS code M91004
3.3 km
GRIFFITHS DRIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
75 GRIFFITHS DRIVE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV11 2JN
ODS code M92026
3.4 km
Showing 20 of 50 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Churchill Road
BCT · Bentley
- 0.1 miles
St Andrews Church
BCT · Bentley
- 0.1 miles
St Andrews Church
BCT · Bentley
- 0.1 miles
County Bridge
BCT · Bentley
- 0.1 miles
Western Close
BCT · Lodge Farm
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 023B, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,243 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 7
- 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
142 open schools are in scope, including 87 primary and 21 secondary schools. Bentley West Primary School is the nearest published school at 295 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,378 published events cover 12 months, averaging 281.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,342 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.