WS9 0RU

Aldridge Central & South · Walsall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Walsall
Local authority
Walsall
Constituency
Aldridge-Brownhills
Postcode district
WS9
Postcode sector
WS9 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WS9 0RZ 69 m
WS9 0RY 98 m
WS9 0RX 103 m
WS9 0HN 106 m
WS9 0HL 149 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WS9 0RU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WS
Postcode district
WS9
Postcode sector
WS9 0
Latitude
52.595422
Longitude
-1.914607
British National Grid easting
405,881
British National Grid northing
299,738

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Walsall · E08000030
Parish or community
E43000184
Westminster constituency
Aldridge-Brownhills · E14001064
Output area
E00051777
Lower layer super output area
Walsall 022D · E01010248
Middle layer super output area
Walsall 022 · E02002131

Postcode source versions

Explore WS9

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
288, Whetstone Lane, Walsall, WS9 0RU 28 March 2025 £325,000
249, Whetstone Lane, Walsall, WS9 0RU 18 December 2020 £325,000
253, Whetstone Lane, Walsall, WS9 0RU 25 September 2020 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
39
Secondary
10
  1. Whetstone Field Primary School

    Community school

    203 m
  2. St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    391 m
  3. St Francis of Assisi Catholic College

    Voluntary aided school

    434 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
664
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 248
  • Shoplifting 81
  • Vehicle crime 74
  • Criminal damage and arson 67
  • Other theft 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

22 female, 24 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.9
WS9 0 residents
9,228

Age bands in WS9 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,466 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

902 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.2%

1,917 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

2,611 residents

Age 65 and over
23.8%

2,157 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WS9 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

15

within 5 km

  • NORTHGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    ANCHOR MEADOW, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8AJ

    ODS code M91017

    908 m

  • PORTLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ANCHOR MEADOW, ALDRIDGE, WALSALL, WS9 8AJ

    ODS code M91010

    908 m

  • BLACKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    BLACKWOOD ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B74 3PL

    ODS code M91637

    2.3 km

  • RUSHALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    107 LICHFIELD ROAD, RUSHALL, WALSALL, WS4 1HB

    ODS code M91019

    3.4 km

  • ST JOHN'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGH STREET, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9LP

    ODS code M91007

    3.6 km

  • STREETS CORNER SURGERY

    79-81 LICHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9NP

    ODS code M91009

    3.9 km

  • WALSALL WOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    LICHFIELD ROAD, WALSALL WOOD, WALSALL, WS9 9NP

    ODS code M91639

    3.9 km

  • QUESLETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    522 QUESLETT ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7DY

    ODS code M91642

    4.4 km

  • COLLINGWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

    COLLINGWOOD CENTRE, COLLINGWOOD DRIVE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B43 7NF

    ODS code M91032

    4.4 km

  • SADDLERS HEALTH CENTRE

    HATHERTON MEDICAL CENTRE, 1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF

    ODS code M91018

    4.5 km

  • UMBRELLA MEDICAL

    1 HATHERTON STREET, WALSALL, WS1 1AF

    ODS code M91015

    4.5 km

  • APOLLO SURGERY

    619 KINGS ROAD, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9HW

    ODS code M85158

    4.7 km

  • ST PETER'S SURGERY

    51 LECKIE ROAD, WALSALL, WS2 8DA

    ODS code M91004

    4.8 km

  • LITTLE LONDON SURGERY

    LITTLE LONDON, CALDMORE, WALSALL, WS1 3EP

    ODS code M91008

    4.9 km

  • THE OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE

    199 SHADY LANE, GREAT BARR, BIRMINGHAM, B44 9ER

    ODS code M85060

    4.9 km

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Knights Hill

    BCT · Barr Common

    0.1 miles
  • Knights Hill

    BCT · Barr Common

    0.1 miles
  • Beacon Rise

    BCT · Barr Common

    0.3 miles
  • St Francis College

    BCT · Aldridge

    0.3 miles
  • Beacon Rise

    BCT · Barr Common

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Walsall 022D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,119 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
Low risk addresses
6
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

Property market

The five-year median is £325,000 from 1 recorded sale in WS9 0RU. 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.

Schools

58 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 10 secondary schools. Whetstone Field Primary School is the nearest published school at 203 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

664 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 248 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.