WV4 5JU

Wombourne North · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wolverhampton
Local authority
South Staffordshire
Postcode district
WV4
Postcode sector
WV4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV4 5JT 26 m
WV4 5JS 50 m
WV4 5JR 137 m
WV4 5JY 264 m
WV4 5JP 370 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV4 5JU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV4
Postcode sector
WV4 5
Latitude
52.546648
Longitude
-2.151794
British National Grid easting
389,803
British National Grid northing
294,320

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008982
Output area
E00180655
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 012B · E01029673
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 012 · E02006185

Postcode source versions

Explore WV4

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Baggeridge View, Penn Common Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 5JU 24 November 2017 £640,000
Ivy Cottage, Penn Common Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 5JU 14 November 2002 £167,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
83
Primary
47
Secondary
12
  1. St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    888 m
  2. Alder Coppice Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.3 km
  3. Penn Hall School

    Academy special converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
435
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 197
  • Shoplifting 48
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Vehicle crime 30
  • Anti social behaviour 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.8
WV4 5 residents
10,865

Age bands in WV4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,808 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,095 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

2,816 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

3,055 residents

Age 65 and over
22.1%

2,492 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV4 5 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

18

within 5 km

  • NORTHWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    7-8 ALDERWOOD PRECINCT, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3QY

    ODS code M87037

    1.4 km

  • RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY

    ODS code M92011

    1.4 km

  • THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY

    175 THE RIDGEWAY, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3UH

    ODS code M87007

    2.4 km

  • PENN SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92043

    2.5 km

  • GRAVEL HILL SURGERY

    GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA

    ODS code M83018

    2.7 km

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92006

    2.7 km

  • TANDON MEDICAL CENTRE (ORAM & PARTNERS)

    KENT STREET, DUDLEY, DY3 1UX

    ODS code M87013

    3.2 km

  • DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX

    ODS code M83093

    3.4 km

  • DUNCAN STREET PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    DUNCAN STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 3AN

    ODS code M92012

    3.4 km

  • WOODSETTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 BOURNE STREET, WOODSETTON, DUDLEY, DY3 1AF

    ODS code M87016

    3.6 km

  • PENNFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    UPPER ZOAR STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 0JH

    ODS code Y02636

    3.6 km

  • LOWER GORNAL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER GORNAL HEALTH CENTRE, BULL STREET, GORNAL WOOD, DUDLEY, DY3 2NQ

    ODS code M87015

    3.7 km

  • THE GREENS HEALTH CENTRE

    100 MAPLE GREEN, DUDLEY, DY1 3QZ

    ODS code M87012

    4.1 km

  • CASTLE MEADOWS SURGERY

    100 MILKING BANK, DUDLEY, DY1 2TY

    ODS code M87620

    4.1 km

  • HEALTH AND BEYOND

    175 STEELHOUSE LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 2AU

    ODS code M92612

    4.1 km

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    4.4 km

  • COSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    32-34 AVENUE ROAD, COSELEY, BILSTON, WV14 9DJ

    ODS code M87021

    4.5 km

  • THORNLEY STREET SURGERY

    40-44 THORNLEY STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1JP

    ODS code M92028

    5.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St Bartholomew School

    BCT · Penn

    0.6 miles
  • St Bartholomew School

    BCT · Penn

    0.6 miles
  • Wakeley Hill

    BCT · Penn

    0.7 miles
  • Wakeley Hill

    BCT · Penn

    0.7 miles
  • Swan Bank

    BCT · Penn

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 012B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,735 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 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.

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
0
Low risk addresses
1
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

Schools

83 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 12 secondary schools. St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 888 m.

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

Recorded crime

435 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 197 events.

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