Property market
The five-year median is £200,000 from 1,055 recorded sales in WS8. 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.
WS8
UK postcode district
Part of Walsall
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 408
- Current units
- 323
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 85
Postcode sectors in WS8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
7,278 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 90, Hednesford Road, Walsall, WS8 7LT | 28 July 2026 | £195,000 |
| 74, Castle Street, Walsall, WS8 7PY | 23 July 2026 | £160,000 |
| 24, Hillside Close, Walsall, WS8 7AB | 22 July 2026 | £147,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,600
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 673
- Criminal damage and arson 185
- Shoplifting 145
- Vehicle crime 139
- Public order 102
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WS8 usual residents
- 16,452
- Age-profile population
- 16,358
Age bands in WS8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- 3,054 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11%
- 1,793 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24%
- 3,929 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- 4,483 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18.9%
- 3,099 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 319 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, 304 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 276 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.
GP practices
3
in this district
HOLLAND PARK SURGERY
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JB
ODS code M91626
NEW ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JG
ODS code M91609
PARKSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARK VIEW CENTRE, CHESTER ROAD NORTH, BROWNHILLS, WALSALL, WS8 7JB
ODS code M91006
Evidence in context
Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,600 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 673 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.