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WV8 2HQ

Codsall · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV8 2HG 225 m
WV6 8UA 316 m
WV6 9DA 326 m
WV6 8TZ 334 m
WV6 9BW 345 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV8 2HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV8
Postcode sector
WV8 2
Latitude
52.609635
Longitude
-2.192034
British National Grid easting
387,093
British National Grid northing
301,333

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Electoral ward
Codsall · E05015057
Parish or community
E04008960
Westminster constituency
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire · E14001316
Output area
E00150970
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 009D · E01029630
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 009 · E02006182

Postcode source versions

Explore WV8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
32
Secondary
11

  1. Perton Middle School

    Community school

    1.4 km

  2. St Regis Church of England Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km

  3. Birches First School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
316
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 190
  • Anti social behaviour 30
  • Other theft 21
  • Burglary 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 13

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.

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

13

within 5 km straight-line

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83031

    1.7 km

  • LAKESIDE

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

    ODS code M83132

    1.8 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    1.8 km

  • TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU

    ODS code M83668

    1.9 km

  • TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL

    ODS code M92010

    2.4 km

  • NEWBRIDGE SURGERY

    255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE

    ODS code M92029

    3.0 km

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    3.4 km

  • WHITMORE REANS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWE STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0QL

    ODS code M92607

    3.7 km

  • FORDHOUSES MEDICAL CENTRE

    68 MARSH LANE, FORD HOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6RU

    ODS code M92629

    4.3 km

  • PROBERT ROAD SURGERY

    470 STAFFORD ROAD, OXLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6AR

    ODS code M92041

    4.3 km

  • ASHFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    39 ASHFIELD ROAD, FORDHOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6QX

    ODS code M92609

    4.4 km

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92006

    4.8 km

  • SHOWELL PARK HEALTH CENTRE

    FIFTH AVENUE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 9ST

    ODS code Y02736

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Wergs Village

    BCT · Wergs

    0.2 miles

  • Wergs Village

    BCT · Wergs

    0.3 miles

  • The Elms

    BCT · Wergs

    0.3 miles

  • The Elms

    BCT · Wergs

    0.5 miles

  • Wrottesley Park Road

    BCT · Codsall

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,054 of 33,755

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

Schools

56 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 11 secondary schools. Perton Middle 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

316 published events cover 12 months, averaging 26.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 190 events.

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