Property market
The five-year median is £287,500 from 1,038 recorded sales in WS5. 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.
WS5
UK postcode district
Part of Walsall
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 499
- Current units
- 377
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 122
Postcode sectors in WS5
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Property
8,764 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 114, Cherry Tree Avenue, Walsall, WS5 4JL | 22 July 2026 | £295,000 |
| 83, Larchwood Road, Walsall, WS5 4HE | 17 July 2026 | £247,500 |
| 8, Hedera Close, Walsall, WS5 4SN | 15 July 2026 | £175,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 7
- Primary
- 5
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,226
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 596
- Vehicle crime 141
- Criminal damage and arson 103
- Burglary 63
- Other theft 58
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WS5 usual residents
- 22,231
- Age-profile population
- 22,221
Age bands in WS5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- 4,195 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- 2,620 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.6%
- 5,682 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.9%
- 5,544 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.8%
- 4,180 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 375 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 364 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 251 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Evidence in context
Schools
7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,226 published events cover 12 months, averaging 102 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 596 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.