Schools
123 open schools are in scope, including 76 primary and 17 secondary schools. The Ladder School is the nearest published school at 514 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WS2 9EB
St Matthew's · Walsall · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- St Matthew's
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Postcode district
- WS2
- Postcode sector
- WS2 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WS2 9EB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 1985
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WS
- Postcode district
- WS2
- Postcode sector
- WS2 9
- Latitude
- 52.582354
- Longitude
- -1.989990
- British National Grid easting
- 400,775
- British National Grid northing
- 298,281
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
- E00177409
- Lower layer super output area
- Walsall 026D · E01010363
- Middle layer super output area
- Walsall 026 · E02002135
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
- 123
- Primary
- 76
- Secondary
- 17
- 514 m
The Ladder School
Free schools alternative provision
- 541 m
Walsall Studio School
Studio schools
- 633 m
Emmanuel School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8,132
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,154
- Shoplifting 1,077
- Vehicle crime 613
- Criminal damage and arson 566
- Public order 538
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WS2 9 residents
- 12,842
Age bands in WS2 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 23.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.6%
3,053 residents
1,705 residents
3,908 residents
2,664 residents
1,489 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
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
42
within 5 km
FORRESTER STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
1 FORRESTER STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PL
ODS code M91613
468 m
BRACE STREET HC- KUMAR
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91628
698 m
BRACE STREET HC- MAHBUB (M91659)
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91659
698 m
BRACE STREET HEALTH CENTRE
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91014
698 m
AMBAR MEDICAL CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code Y00228
812 m
PALFREY HEALTH CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code M91621
812 m
SADDLERS HEALTH CENTRE
HATHERTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91018
877 m
UMBRELLA MEDICAL
1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91015
877 m
BIRCHILLS HEALTH CENTRE
23-37 OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QH
ODS code M91629
1.0 km
PLECK HEALTH CENTRE
16 OXFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9HY
ODS code M91616
1.1 km
LITTLE LONDON SURGERY
LITTLE LONDON, CALDMORE, WALSALL, WS1 3EP
ODS code M91008
1.1 km
ST PETER'S SURGERY
51 LECKIE ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 8DA
ODS code M91004
1.4 km
BROADWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
213 BROADWAY, WALSALL, WS1 3HD
ODS code M91619
1.9 km
BEECHDALE CENTRE
EDISON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 7HS
ODS code M91611
2.3 km
MODALITY KINGFISHER DARLASTON PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91028
2.5 km
STROUD PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, BENTLEY, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91614
2.5 km
HARDEN HEALTH CENTRE
HARDEN ROAD, LEAMORE, WALSALL, WS3 1ET
ODS code M91036
2.9 km
TAME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
FRIAR PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0JS
ODS code M88023
3.1 km
DARLASTON MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRMINGHAM STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9JQ
ODS code M91641
3.3 km
THE VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
158A CRANKHALL LANE, WEDNESBURY, WS10 0EB
ODS code M88001
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 42 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
Queen Street
BCT · Walsall
- 0.1 miles
Queen Street
BCT · Walsall
- 0.2 miles
Walsall Rail Station
RSE · Walsall
- 0.2 miles
Walsall Rail Station
BCT · Walsall
- 0.2 miles
Vicarage Place
BCT · Caldmore
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 026D, 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
4,659 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
- 2
- 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
8,132 published events cover 12 months, averaging 677.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,154 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.