WV8 2HS

Perton Wrottesley · 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
WV8
Postcode sector
WV8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV8 2JN 47 m
WV6 7RE 481 m
WV6 7YT 484 m
WV6 7YS 488 m
WV6 7YL 526 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV8 2HS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV8
Postcode sector
WV8 2
Latitude
52.601805
Longitude
-2.217986
British National Grid easting
385,333
British National Grid northing
300,467

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008976
Output area
E00151131
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 015C · E01029661
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 015 · E02006982

Postcode source versions

Explore WV8

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cranmoor Lodge Farm, Wrottesley Park Road, Wrottesley Park, Wolverhampton, WV8 2HS 3 September 2021 £938,000
Cranmoor Lodge Farmhouse, Wrottesley Park Road, Wrottesley Park, Wolverhampton, WV8 2HS 12 December 2014 £760,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
22
Secondary
11
  1. Perton First School

    Community school

    992 m
  2. Perton Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. Perton Middle School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
404
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 222
  • Anti social behaviour 42
  • Public order 25
  • Other theft 21
  • Shoplifting 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV8 2 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+
0%
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
50%
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 straight-line

  • LAKESIDE

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

    ODS code M83132

    1.2 km

  • TAMAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    SEVERN DRIVE, PERTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 7QU

    ODS code M83668

    1.4 km

  • CASTLECROFT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CASTLECROFT AVENUE, CASTLECROFT, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 8JN

    ODS code M92008

    3.2 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83031

    3.2 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    3.5 km

  • TETTENHALL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LOWER STREET, TETTENHALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 9LL

    ODS code M92010

    4.0 km

  • NEWBRIDGE SURGERY

    255 TETTENHALL ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV6 0DE

    ODS code M92029

    4.3 km

  • COALWAY ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code M92006

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Shackleton Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.5 miles
  • Shackleton Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.5 miles
  • Stephenson Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.5 miles
  • Stephenson Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.5 miles
  • Leasowe Drive

    BCT · Perton

    0.6 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.

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 £938,000 from 1 recorded sale in WV8 2HS. 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

44 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 11 secondary schools. Perton First School is the nearest published school at 992 m.

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

Recorded crime

404 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 222 events.

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