Schools
72 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 15 secondary schools. Aldersley High School is the nearest published school at 139 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
WV8 1BS
Oxley · Wolverhampton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Oxley
- Local authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Postcode district
- WV8
- Postcode sector
- WV8 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- WV8 1BS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 March 2013
- Terminated
- 1 April 2018
- Postcode area
- WV
- Postcode district
- WV8
- Postcode sector
- WV8 1
- Latitude
- 52.619082
- Longitude
- -2.163139
- British National Grid easting
- 389,052
- British National Grid northing
- 302,379
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Wolverhampton · E08000031
- Electoral ward
- Oxley · E05014850
- Parish or community
- E43000185
- Westminster constituency
- Wolverhampton West · E14001596
- Output area
- E00053203
- Lower layer super output area
- Wolverhampton 009D · E01010544
- Middle layer super output area
- Wolverhampton 009 · E02002157
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 WV8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 72
- Primary
- 39
- Secondary
- 15
- 139 m
Aldersley High School
Academy converter
- 497 m
Dovecotes Primary School
Academy converter
- 602 m
Palmers Cross Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,162
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 520
- Shoplifting 201
- Criminal damage and arson 96
- Other theft 72
- Public order 56
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- WV8 1 residents
- 11,885
Age bands in WV8 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.8%
2,112 residents
1,159 residents
2,794 residents
3,129 residents
2,563 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX
ODS code M83097
1.4 km
RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY
BUSINESS HUB, WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, CODSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1PE
ODS code M83031
1.9 km
TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL
ODS code M92010
2.1 km
FORDHOUSES MEDICAL CENTRE
68 MARSH LANE, FORD HOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6RU
ODS code M92629
2.1 km
ASHFIELD ROAD SURGERY
39 ASHFIELD ROAD, FORDHOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6QX
ODS code M92609
2.2 km
PROBERT ROAD SURGERY
470 STAFFORD ROAD, OXLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6AR
ODS code M92041
2.2 km
NEWBRIDGE SURGERY
255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE
ODS code M92029
2.9 km
WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL
ODS code M92607
2.9 km
PRESTBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROADWAY, BUSHBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 8EA
ODS code M92009
3.2 km
SHOWELL PARK HEALTH CENTRE
FIFTH AVENUE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 9ST
ODS code Y02736
3.3 km
BAGARY'S MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOW HILL MEDICAL CENTRE, 191 FIRST AVENUE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 9SX
ODS code M92654
3.5 km
POPLARS MEDICAL CENTRE
THE POPLARS, THIRD AVENUE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 9PG
ODS code M92001
3.6 km
LAKESIDE
LAKESIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7PD
ODS code M83132
3.8 km
TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE
SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU
ODS code M83668
3.8 km
THORNLEY STREET SURGERY
40-44 THORNLEY STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1JP
ODS code M92028
4.2 km
PRIMROSE LANE PRACTICE
WOLVERHAMPTON P C T, PRIMROSE LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 8RN
ODS code M92004
4.3 km
KEATS GROVE SURGERY
17 KEATS GROVE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 8LY
ODS code M92019
4.3 km
DR ST PIERRE-LIBBERTON
60-62 CANNOCK ROAD, WEDNESFIELD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 8PJ
ODS code M92039
4.3 km
DR SINHA & TAHIR
WODEN ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 0BD
ODS code M92013
4.6 km
CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE
CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN
ODS code M92008
4.8 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Droveway
BCT · Pendeford
- 0.2 miles
Droveway
BCT · Pendeford
- 0.2 miles
Granary Road
BCT · Palmers Cross
- 0.3 miles
Granary Road
BCT · Palmers Cross
- 0.3 miles
Dovecotes School
BCT · Pendeford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wolverhampton 009D, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
24,228 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
1,162 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 520 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.