Schools
107 open schools are in scope, including 62 primary and 16 secondary schools. The Vireo Academy is the nearest published school at 350 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WV4 6AZ
Sedgley · Dudley · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WV4 6AZ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- WV
- Postcode district
- WV4
- Postcode sector
- WV4 6
- Latitude
- 52.556642
- Longitude
- -2.122949
- British National Grid easting
- 391,761
- British National Grid northing
- 295,428
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Dudley · E08000027
- Electoral ward
- Sedgley · E05015921
- Parish or community
- E43000181
- Westminster constituency
- Dudley · E14001204
- Output area
- E00050066
- Lower layer super output area
- Dudley 003D · E01009901
- Middle layer super output area
- Dudley 003 · E02002002
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
- 107
- Primary
- 62
- Secondary
- 16
- 350 m
The Vireo Academy
Academy alternative provision converter
- 681 m
Spring Vale Primary School
Academy converter
- 718 m
Goldthorn Park Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,987
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 955
- Vehicle crime 218
- Criminal damage and arson 202
- Public order 117
- Other theft 106
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WV4 6 residents
- 10,699
Age bands in WV4 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
2,053 residents
1,219 residents
2,862 residents
2,832 residents
2,029 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
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
29
within 5 km
NORTHWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
7-8 ALDERWOOD PRECINCT, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3QY
ODS code M87037
1.1 km
RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE
MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY
ODS code M92011
1.8 km
DUNCAN STREET PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
DUNCAN STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 3AN
ODS code M92012
1.9 km
PENN SURGERY
2A COALWAY ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 7LX
ODS code M92043
2.1 km
HEALTH AND BEYOND
175 STEELHOUSE LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV2 2AU
ODS code M92612
2.3 km
THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY
175 THE RIDGEWAY, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3UH
ODS code M87007
2.3 km
WOODSETTON MEDICAL CENTRE
40 BOURNE STREET, WOODSETTON, DUDLEY, DY3 1AF
ODS code M87016
2.6 km
PENNFIELDS MEDICAL CENTRE
UPPER ZOAR STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 0JH
ODS code Y02636
2.6 km
COSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
32-34 AVENUE ROAD, COSELEY, BILSTON, WV14 9DJ
ODS code M87021
2.9 km
BILSTON URBAN VILLAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
BANKFIELD ROAD, BILSTON, WV14 0EE
ODS code Y02757
3.2 km
TANDON MEDICAL CENTRE (ORAM & PARTNERS)
KENT STREET, DUDLEY, DY3 1UX
ODS code M87013
3.2 km
COALWAY ROAD SURGERY
WARSTONES HEALTH CENTRE, PINFOLD GROVE, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 4PS
ODS code M92006
3.4 km
BILSTON FAMILY PRACTICE
PROUDS LANE, BILSTON, WV14 6PW
ODS code M92627
3.4 km
DR MUDIGONDA
PROUDS LANE, BILSTON, WV14 6PW
ODS code M92649
3.4 km
IMPROVING HEALTH (IH) MEDICAL
PROUDS LANE, BILSTON, WV14 6PW
ODS code M92015
3.4 km
THE GREENS HEALTH CENTRE
100 MAPLE GREEN, DUDLEY, DY1 3QZ
ODS code M87012
3.5 km
THORNLEY STREET SURGERY
40-44 THORNLEY STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1JP
ODS code M92028
3.5 km
MAYFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
272 WILLENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 2GZ
ODS code M92040
3.6 km
EAST PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
JONESFIELD CRESCENT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 2LW
ODS code M92630
3.7 km
DR SINHA & TAHIR
WODEN ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 0BD
ODS code M92013
4.2 km
Showing 20 of 29 matching practices.
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
- 0.0 miles
Beacon Centre
BCT · Northway
- 0.1 miles
Beacon Centre
BCT · Northway
- 0.1 miles
Wolverhampton Road
BCT · Northway
- 0.2 miles
Wolverhampton Road
BCT · Northway
- 0.2 miles
Dovedale Road
BCT · Parkfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 003D, 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
28,239 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
1,987 published events cover 12 months, averaging 165.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 955 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.