WV3 8HH

Tettenhall Wightwick · Wolverhampton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton West
Postcode district
WV3
Postcode sector
WV3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV3 8JE 24 m
WV3 8JB 38 m
WV3 8JD 52 m
WV3 8JA 78 m
WV3 8HN 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV3 8HH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV3
Postcode sector
WV3 8
Latitude
52.578783
Longitude
-2.185892
British National Grid easting
387,500
British National Grid northing
297,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Wolverhampton · E08000031
Parish or community
E43000185
Westminster constituency
Wolverhampton West · E14001596
Output area
E00053240
Lower layer super output area
Wolverhampton 019D · E01010552
Middle layer super output area
Wolverhampton 019 · E02002167

Postcode source versions

Explore WV3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
64
Primary
37
Secondary
11
  1. Castlecroft Primary School

    Community school

    206 m
  2. Smestow Academy

    Academy converter

    272 m
  3. Bhylls Acre Primary School

    Academy converter

    479 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
971
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 397
  • Shoplifting 173
  • Vehicle crime 87
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Other theft 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WV3 8 residents
6,895

Age bands in WV3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,106 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

676 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

1,505 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,832 residents

Age 65 and over
21.2%

1,378 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

14

within 5 km straight-line

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    265 m

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

    WARSTONES HEALTH CENTRE, PINFOLD GROVE, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 4PS

    ODS code M92006

    1.6 km

  • TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU

    ODS code M83668

    2.0 km

  • LAKESIDE

    LAKESIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7PD

    ODS code M83132

    2.2 km

  • NEWBRIDGE SURGERY

    255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE

    ODS code M92029

    2.6 km

  • PENN SURGERY

    2A COALWAY ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 7LX

    ODS code M92043

    2.9 km

  • TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL

    ODS code M92010

    3.0 km

  • RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY

    ODS code M92011

    3.3 km

  • PENNFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPPER ZOAR STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 0JH

    ODS code Y02636

    3.3 km

  • WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL

    ODS code M92607

    3.5 km

  • DUNCAN STREET PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    DUNCAN STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 3AN

    ODS code M92012

    4.1 km

  • THORNLEY STREET SURGERY

    40-44 THORNLEY STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1JP

    ODS code M92028

    4.2 km

  • HEALTH AND BEYOND

    175 STEELHOUSE LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 2AU

    ODS code M92612

    4.8 km

  • GRAVEL HILL SURGERY

    GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA

    ODS code M83018

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Wood Bank Road

    BCT · Castlecroft

    0.1 miles
  • Windmill Lane

    BCT · Castlecroft

    0.1 miles
  • Smestow Comp School

    BCT · Castlecroft

    0.1 miles
  • Ashenden Rise

    BCT · Castlecroft

    0.2 miles
  • Bhylls Lane

    BCT · Castlecroft

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wolverhampton 019D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,193 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Schools

64 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 11 secondary schools. Castlecroft Primary School is the nearest published school at 206 m.

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

Recorded crime

971 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 397 events.

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