Schools
120 open schools are in scope, including 78 primary and 15 secondary schools. Walsall College is the nearest published school at 135 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WS4 2LD
St Matthew's · Walsall · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
- Ward
- St Matthew's
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Postcode district
- WS4
- Postcode sector
- WS4 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WS4 2LD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1998
- Postcode area
- WS
- Postcode district
- WS4
- Postcode sector
- WS4 2
- Latitude
- 52.589716
- Longitude
- -1.980762
- British National Grid easting
- 401,400
- British National Grid northing
- 299,100
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
- E00168257
- Lower layer super output area
- Walsall 030A · E01010368
- Middle layer super output area
- Walsall 030 · E02002139
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 WS4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 120
- Primary
- 78
- Secondary
- 15
- 135 m
Walsall College
Further education
- 314 m
Butts Primary School
Community school
- 331 m
Queen Mary's High School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,398
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,785
- Shoplifting 1,138
- Vehicle crime 510
- Criminal damage and arson 509
- Public order 464
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WS4 2 residents
- 4,761
Age bands in WS4 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.8%
806 residents
491 residents
1,221 residents
1,343 residents
1,015 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
40
within 5 km straight-line
SADDLERS HEALTH CENTRE
HATHERTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91018
311 m
UMBRELLA MEDICAL
1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF
ODS code M91015
311 m
ST PETER'S SURGERY
51 LECKIE ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 8DA
ODS code M91004
605 m
BIRCHILLS HEALTH CENTRE
23-37 OLD BIRCHILLS, WALSALL, WS2 8QH
ODS code M91629
1.0 km
FORRESTER STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
1 FORRESTER STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9PL
ODS code M91613
1.1 km
BRACE STREET HC- KUMAR
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91628
1.4 km
BRACE STREET HC- MAHBUB (M91659)
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91659
1.4 km
BRACE STREET HEALTH CENTRE
BRACE STREET, WALSALL, WS1 3PS
ODS code M91014
1.4 km
LITTLE LONDON SURGERY
LITTLE LONDON, CALDMORE, WALSALL, WS1 3EP
ODS code M91008
1.6 km
AMBAR MEDICAL CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code Y00228
1.8 km
PALFREY HEALTH CENTRE
151 WEDNESBURY ROAD, WALSALL, WS1 4JQ
ODS code M91621
1.8 km
PLECK HEALTH CENTRE
16 OXFORD STREET, WALSALL, WS2 9HY
ODS code M91616
2.1 km
HARDEN HEALTH CENTRE
HARDEN ROAD, LEAMORE, WALSALL, WS3 1ET
ODS code M91036
2.1 km
BEECHDALE CENTRE
EDISON ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 7HS
ODS code M91611
2.2 km
BROADWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
213 BROADWAY, WALSALL, WS1 3HD
ODS code M91619
2.5 km
RUSHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
107 LICHFIELD ROAD, RUSHALL, WALSALL, WS4 1HB
ODS code M91019
2.5 km
HARDEN BLAKENALL
BLAKENHALL VILLAGE CENTRE, THAMES ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 1LZ
ODS code Y02627
2.8 km
BLOXWICH MEDICAL PRACTICE
PINFOLD HEALTH CENTRE, FIELD ROAD, BLOXWICH, WALSALL, WS3 3JP
ODS code M91034
2.9 km
KHAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
PINFOLD HEALTH CENTRE, FIELD ROAD, WALSALL, WS3 3JP
ODS code M91602
2.9 km
PILLAI
THE PINFOLD, WALSALL, WS3 3JP
ODS code M91647
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 40 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Butts Road
BCT · Ryecroft
- 0.2 miles
Walsall Magistrates Court
BCT · Walsall
- 0.2 miles
Hatherton Road
BCT · Walsall
- 0.2 miles
Darwall Street
BCT · Walsall
- 0.2 miles
Watmos Homes
BCT · Walsall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 030A, 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
703 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
7,398 published events cover 12 months, averaging 616.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,785 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.