WV9 5AU

Brewood, Coven & Blymhill · South Staffordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Staffordshire
Postcode district
WV9
Postcode sector
WV9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV9 5AZ 53 m
WV9 5AX 96 m
WV9 5AS 109 m
WV9 5AY 141 m
WV9 5BY 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV9 5AU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
1 June 1998
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV9
Postcode sector
WV9 5
Latitude
52.656161
Longitude
-2.137436
British National Grid easting
390,800
British National Grid northing
306,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008958
Output area
E00150909
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 006A · E01029616
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 006 · E02006179

Postcode source versions

Explore WV9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
17
Secondary
6
  1. St Paul's CofE First School

    Academy converter

    603 m
  2. School of Coding AEP Limited

    Other independent school

    3.3 km
  3. Featherstone Academy

    Academy converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
131
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 73
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Other theft 12
  • Vehicle crime 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WV9 5 residents
6,834

Age bands in WV9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.9%

886 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

570 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

1,443 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

1,926 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,536 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

  • ASHFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    39 ASHFIELD ROAD, FORDHOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6QX

    ODS code M92609

    3.4 km

  • FEATHERSTONE

    OLD LANE, FEATHERSTONE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 7BS

    ODS code M83715

    3.4 km

  • FORDHOUSES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M92629

    3.8 km

  • PRESTBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BROADWAY, BUSHBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 8EA

    ODS code M92009

    3.9 km

  • BREWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KIDDEMORE GREEN ROAD, BREWOOD, STAFFORD, ST19 9BQ

    ODS code M83009

    4.1 km

  • PROBERT ROAD SURGERY

    470 STAFFORD ROAD, OXLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6AR

    ODS code M92041

    4.2 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    4.6 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83031

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Coven

    0.2 miles
  • Church Lane

    BCT · Coven

    0.2 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Coven

    0.2 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Coven

    0.2 miles
  • School Lane

    BCT · Coven

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 006A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,887 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
1 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Paul's CofE First School is the nearest published school at 603 m.

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

Recorded crime

131 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 73 events.

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