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WV8 2HP

Perton Wrottesley · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Perton Wrottesley
Local authority
South Staffordshire
Constituency
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
Postcode district
WV8
Postcode sector
WV8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV8 2HE 5 m
WV8 2HF 518 m
WV8 2HW 581 m
WV6 7HL 657 m
WV8 2HG 723 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV8 2HP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV8
Postcode sector
WV8 2
Latitude
52.610852
Longitude
-2.205847
British National Grid easting
386,158
British National Grid northing
301,471

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Electoral ward
Perton Wrottesley · E05015071
Parish or community
E04008976
Westminster constituency
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire · E14001316
Output area
E00151130
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 015C · E01029661
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 015 · E02006982

Postcode source versions

Explore WV8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
24
Secondary
11

  1. Perton First School

    Community school

    1.4 km

  2. Perton Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

  3. Perton Middle School

    Community school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
212
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 131
  • Anti social behaviour 30
  • Public order 12
  • Drugs 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WV8 2 residents
4,207

Age bands in WV8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

667 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

384 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

828 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,193 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

1,214 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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • LAKESIDE

    LAKESIDE MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7PD

    ODS code M83132

    1.7 km

  • TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU

    ODS code M83668

    1.9 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

    BUSINESS HUB, WOLVERHAMPTON ROAD, CODSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1PE

    ODS code M83031

    1.9 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    2.3 km

  • TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL

    ODS code M92010

    3.3 km

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    3.7 km

  • NEWBRIDGE SURGERY

    255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE

    ODS code M92029

    3.9 km

  • WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL

    ODS code M92607

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Holyhead Road

    BCT · Codsall

    0.0 miles

  • Holyhead Road

    BCT · Codsall

    0.0 miles

  • Wrottesley Park Road

    BCT · Codsall

    0.1 miles

  • Wrottesley Park Road

    BCT · Codsall

    0.1 miles

  • Meadow Way

    BCT · Codsall

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 015C, 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

28,395 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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

Schools

46 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 11 secondary schools. Perton First School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

212 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 131 events.

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