WV5 9AY

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
WV5
Postcode sector
WV5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV5 9AS 39 m
WV5 9AX 56 m
WV5 9AU 72 m
WV5 9BE 72 m
WV5 9AZ 81 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV5 9AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV5
Postcode sector
WV5 9
Latitude
52.545043
Longitude
-2.191515
British National Grid easting
387,109
British National Grid northing
294,148

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008982
Output area
E00151203
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 013D · E01029674
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 013 · E02006186

Postcode source versions

Explore WV5

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
33, Strathmore Crescent, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, WV5 9AY 9 February 2024 £270,000
31, Strathmore Crescent, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, WV5 9AY 18 March 2016 £177,000
33, Strathmore Crescent, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, WV5 9AY 9 January 2015 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
23
Secondary
6
  1. St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    963 m
  2. Westfield Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  3. Wombourne High School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
392
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 156
  • Anti social behaviour 46
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Public order 36
  • Other theft 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

5 female, 4 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.3
WV5 9 residents
3,315

Age bands in WV5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

411 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

314 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.5%

522 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

898 residents

Age 65 and over
32.1%

1,015 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV5 9 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+
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

8

within 5 km

  • GRAVEL HILL SURGERY

    GRAVEL HILL, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 9HA

    ODS code M83018

    1.3 km

  • DALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PLANKS LANE, WOMBOURNE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV5 8DX

    ODS code M83093

    1.4 km

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92006

    3.1 km

  • RWT PRACTICES PENN MANOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MANOR ROAD, PENN, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV4 5PY

    ODS code M92011

    3.3 km

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    3.8 km

  • PENN SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92043

    4.0 km

  • NORTHWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M87037

    4.1 km

  • THE RIDGEWAY SURGERY

    175 THE RIDGEWAY, SEDGLEY, DUDLEY, DY3 3UH

    ODS code M87007

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

Nearby transport

  • Meadow Lane

    BCT · Wombourne

    0.3 miles
  • Meadow Lane

    BCT · Wombourne

    0.3 miles
  • Bullmeadow Lane

    BCT · Ounsdale

    0.5 miles
  • Bullmeadow Lane

    BCT · Ounsdale

    0.5 miles
  • The New Inn

    BCT · Wombourne

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 013D, 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

32,525 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £270,000 from 1 recorded sale in WV5 9AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Staffordshire is £310,258 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 963 m.

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

Recorded crime

392 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 156 events.

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