Property market
The five-year median is £296,250 from 488 recorded sales in WV7. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Shropshire is £284,036 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.
WV7
UK postcode district
Part of Wolverhampton
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 261
- Current units
- 204
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 57
Postcode sectors in WV7
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
2,447 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 87, High Street, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3JT | 3 July 2026 | £310,000 |
| 2, Old Shackerley Lane, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3SL | 3 July 2026 | £514,950 |
| 5, St Marys Close, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, WV7 3EG | 26 June 2026 | £460,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 4
- Primary
- 2
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 297
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 119
- Shoplifting 43
- Anti social behaviour 36
- Other theft 23
- Vehicle crime 17
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- WV7 usual residents
- 7,669
- Age-profile population
- 7,924
Age bands in WV7
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 11.4%
- 904 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 17.2%
- 1,360 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.5%
- 1,943 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.1%
- 1,911 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 22.8%
- 1,806 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 199 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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
- 5.3%
In this district, 159 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 124 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
ALBRIGHTON MEDICAL PRACT
SHAW LANE, ALBRIGHTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV7 3DT
ODS code M82021
Evidence in context
Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
297 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 119 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.