Schools
122 open schools are in scope, including 76 primary and 16 secondary schools. Castle School is the nearest published school at 702 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WS2 7YW
Beechdale, Leamore & Reedswood · Walsall · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Postcode district
- WS2
- Postcode sector
- WS2 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WS2 7YW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- 1 October 2000
- Postcode area
- WS
- Postcode district
- WS2
- Postcode sector
- WS2 7
- Latitude
- 52.601305
- Longitude
- -2.005444
- British National Grid easting
- 399,728
- British National Grid northing
- 300,389
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Walsall · E08000030
- Electoral ward
- Beechdale, Leamore & Reedswood · E05016435
- Parish or community
- E43000184
- Westminster constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich · E14001562
- Output area
- E00051893
- Lower layer super output area
- Walsall 021D · E01010275
- Middle layer super output area
- Walsall 021 · E02002130
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 122
- Primary
- 76
- Secondary
- 16
- 702 m
Castle School
Community special school
- 831 m
Phoenix Academy
Academy special converter
- 983 m
Mary Elliot Academy
Academy special sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,892
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,706
- Criminal damage and arson 373
- Shoplifting 343
- Vehicle crime 278
- Other theft 213
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WS2 7 residents
- 9,506
Age bands in WS2 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 25.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.7%
2,337 residents
1,061 residents
2,575 residents
2,081 residents
1,274 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
41
within 5 km straight-line
BEECHDALE CENTRE
EDISON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 7HS
ODS code M91611
351 m
BIRCHILLS HEALTH CENTRE
23-37 OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QH
ODS code M91629
1.3 km
BLOXWICH MEDICAL PRACTICE
PINFOLD HEALTH CENTRE, FIELD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3JP
ODS code M91034
1.4 km
KHAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
PINFOLD HEALTH CENTRE, FIELD ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 3JP
ODS code M91602
1.4 km
PILLAI
THE PINFOLD, WALSALL, WS3 3JP
ODS code M91647
1.4 km
PINFOLD MEDICAL
PINFOLD HEALTH CENTRE, FIELD ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 3JP
ODS code M91650
1.4 km
ST MARY'S SURGERY
FIELD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3JP
ODS code M91612
1.4 km
HARDEN HEALTH CENTRE
HARDEN ROAD, LEAMORE, WALSALL, WS3 1ET
ODS code M91036
1.5 km
ST PETER'S SURGERY
51 LECKIE ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 8DA
ODS code M91004
1.6 km
MODALITY KINGFISHER DARLASTON PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91028
1.9 km
STROUD PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, BENTLEY, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91614
1.9 km
FORRESTER STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
1 FORRESTER STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PL
ODS code M91613
1.9 km
HARDEN BLAKENALL
BLAKENHALL VILLAGE CENTRE, THAMES ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 1LZ
ODS code Y02627
2.0 km
MOSSLEY & DUDLEY FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE
3 FISHER ROAD, MOSSLEY, WALSALL, WS3 2TA
ODS code M91029
2.3 km
SADDLERS HEALTH CENTRE
HATHERTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91018
2.4 km
UMBRELLA MEDICAL
1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91015
2.4 km
NEW INVENTION HEALTH CENTRE
66 CANNOCK ROAD, NEW INVENTION, WILLENHALL, WV12 5RZ
ODS code M91016
2.5 km
LOWER FARM HEALTH CENTRE
109 BUXTON ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3RT
ODS code M91623
3.0 km
BRACE STREET HC- KUMAR
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91628
3.0 km
BRACE STREET HC- MAHBUB (M91659)
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91659
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 41 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Darwin Road
BCT · Beechdale
- 0.1 miles
Darwin Road
BCT · Beechdale
- 0.1 miles
Lister Road
BCT · Leamore
- 0.1 miles
Neighbourhood Office
BCT · Beechdale
- 0.1 miles
Neighbourhood Office
BCT · Beechdale
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 021D, 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
2,139 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,892 published events cover 12 months, averaging 324.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,706 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.