Schools
127 open schools are in scope, including 80 primary and 17 secondary schools. Bescot Hall is the nearest published school at 417 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WS2 9HN
Pleck · Walsall · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Pleck
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Postcode district
- WS2
- Postcode sector
- WS2 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WS2 9HN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- WS
- Postcode district
- WS2
- Postcode sector
- WS2 9
- Latitude
- 52.576916
- Longitude
- -2.002534
- British National Grid easting
- 399,925
- British National Grid northing
- 297,676
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Walsall · E08000030
- Electoral ward
- Pleck · E05016447
- Parish or community
- E43000184
- Westminster constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich · E14001562
- Output area
- E00052356
- Lower layer super output area
- Walsall 031D · E01010366
- Middle layer super output area
- Walsall 031 · E02002140
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
- 127
- Primary
- 80
- Secondary
- 17
- 417 m
Bescot Hall
Other independent special school
- 517 m
Hillary Primary School
Academy converter
- 762 m
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,685
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,148
- Shoplifting 745
- Vehicle crime 535
- Criminal damage and arson 402
- Other theft 393
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.
GP practices
43
within 5 km straight-line
PLECK HEALTH CENTRE
16 OXFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9HY
ODS code M91616
425 m
AMBAR MEDICAL CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code Y00228
785 m
PALFREY HEALTH CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code M91621
785 m
FORRESTER STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
1 FORRESTER STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PL
ODS code M91613
1.0 km
BRACE STREET HC- KUMAR
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91628
1.3 km
BRACE STREET HC- MAHBUB (M91659)
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91659
1.3 km
BRACE STREET HEALTH CENTRE
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91014
1.3 km
LITTLE LONDON SURGERY
LITTLE LONDON, CALDMORE, WALSALL, WS1 3EP
ODS code M91008
1.6 km
BIRCHILLS HEALTH CENTRE
23-37 OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QH
ODS code M91629
1.7 km
SADDLERS HEALTH CENTRE
HATHERTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91018
1.9 km
UMBRELLA MEDICAL
1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91015
1.9 km
BROADWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
213 BROADWAY, WALSALL, WS1 3HD
ODS code M91619
2.0 km
MODALITY KINGFISHER DARLASTON PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91028
2.0 km
STROUD PRACTICE
BENTLEY MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCHILL ROAD, BENTLEY, WALSALL, WS2 0BA
ODS code M91614
2.0 km
DARLASTON MEDICAL CENTRE
BIRMINGHAM STREET, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9JQ
ODS code M91641
2.2 km
ST PETER'S SURGERY
51 LECKIE ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 8DA
ODS code M91004
2.3 km
BEECHDALE CENTRE
EDISON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 7HS
ODS code M91611
2.5 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
OAKESWELL HEALTH CENTRE
BRUNSWICK PARK ROAD, WEDNESBURY, WS10 9HP
ODS code M88007
2.6 km
Showing 20 of 43 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Vicarage Terrace
BCT · Alumwell
- 0.1 miles
Vicarage Terrace
BCT · Alumwell
- 0.1 miles
Flaxhall Street
BCT · Alumwell
- 0.1 miles
Scarborough Close
BCT · Alumwell
- 0.1 miles
Flaxhall Street
BCT · Alumwell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 031D, 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
1,690 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
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,685 published events cover 12 months, averaging 473.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,148 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.