WV9 5AY

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 5DZ 94 m
WV9 5AX 111 m
WV9 5HX 154 m
WV9 5HY 170 m
WV9 5AS 172 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV9 5AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV9
Postcode sector
WV9 5
Latitude
52.655588
Longitude
-2.135572
British National Grid easting
390,926
British National Grid northing
306,436

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008958
Output area
E00150908
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
30
Primary
16
Secondary
6
  1. St Paul's CofE First School

    Academy converter

    645 m
  2. Featherstone Academy

    Academy converter

    3.2 km
  3. School of Coding AEP Limited

    Other independent school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
143
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 76
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Vehicle crime 14
  • Other theft 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

27 female, 19 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
1.5
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

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider WV9 5 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+
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

7

within 5 km

  • ASHFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    39 ASHFIELD ROAD, FORDHOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6QX

    ODS code M92609

    3.3 km

  • FEATHERSTONE

    OLD LANE, FEATHERSTONE, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 7BS

    ODS code M83715

    3.3 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

    3.8 km

  • PROBERT ROAD SURGERY

    470 STAFFORD ROAD, OXLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6AR

    ODS code M92041

    4.2 km

  • BREWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KIDDEMORE GREEN ROAD, BREWOOD, STAFFORD, ST19 9BQ

    ODS code M83009

    4.2 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Coven

    0.1 miles
  • Church Lane

    BCT · Coven

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Coven

    0.2 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Coven

    0.2 miles
  • Brewood Road

    BCT · Coven

    0.2 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.

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
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
5
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

30 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Paul's CofE First School is the nearest published school at 645 m.

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

Recorded crime

143 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 76 events.

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