Schools
76 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 12 secondary schools. Penn Hall School is the nearest published school at 562 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WV4 5BF
Penn · Wolverhampton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Penn
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Postcode district
- WV4
- Postcode sector
- WV4 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WV4 5BF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 2025
- Terminated
- 1 April 2026
- Postcode area
- WV
- Postcode district
- WV4
- Postcode sector
- WV4 5
- Latitude
- 52.555515
- Longitude
- -2.169436
- British National Grid easting
- 388,609
- British National Grid northing
- 295,309
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Wolverhampton · E08000031
- Electoral ward
- Penn · E05014852
- Parish or community
- E43000185
- Westminster constituency
- Wolverhampton West · E14001596
- Output area
- E00053106
- Lower layer super output area
- Wolverhampton 031B · E01010514
- Middle layer super output area
- Wolverhampton 031 · E02002179
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 WV4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 76
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 12
- 562 m
Penn Hall School
Academy special converter
- 845 m
Springdale Primary School
Academy converter
- 884 m
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 836
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 406
- Criminal damage and arson 79
- Vehicle crime 66
- Shoplifting 62
- Public order 55
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WV4 5 residents
- 10,865
Age bands in WV4 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.1%
1,808 residents
1,095 residents
2,816 residents
3,055 residents
2,492 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
16
within 5 km straight-line
RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE
MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY
ODS code M92011
1.4 km
COALWAY ROAD SURGERY
WARSTONES HEALTH CENTRE, PINFOLD GROVE, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 4PS
ODS code M92006
1.5 km
PENN SURGERY
2A COALWAY ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 7LX
ODS code M92043
2.2 km
GRAVEL HILL SURGERY
GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA
ODS code M83018
2.6 km
NORTHWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
7-8 ALDERWOOD PRECINCT, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3QY
ODS code M87037
2.7 km
CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE
CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN
ODS code M92008
2.9 km
DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX
ODS code M83093
3.1 km
PENNFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
UPPER ZOAR STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 0JH
ODS code Y02636
3.3 km
DUNCAN STREET PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
DUNCAN STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 3AN
ODS code M92012
3.5 km
THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY
175 THE RIDGEWAY, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3UH
ODS code M87007
4.0 km
HEALTH AND BEYOND
175 STEELHOUSE LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 2AU
ODS code M92612
4.4 km
NEWBRIDGE SURGERY
255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE
ODS code M92029
4.4 km
THORNLEY STREET SURGERY
40-44 THORNLEY STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1JP
ODS code M92028
4.7 km
TANDON MEDICAL CENTRE (ORAM & PARTNERS)
KENT STREET, DUDLEY, DY3 1UX
ODS code M87013
4.8 km
TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE
SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU
ODS code M83668
4.8 km
WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL
ODS code M92607
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Springhill Lane
BCT · Penn
- 0.1 miles
Springhill Lane
BCT · Penn
- 0.2 miles
Spring Hill Lane
BCT · Warstones
- 0.2 miles
Spring Hill Lane
BCT · Warstones
- 0.2 miles
Bryan Avenue
BCT · Warstones
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wolverhampton 031B, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
27,811 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
836 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 406 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.