WV9 5BE

Brewood, Coven & Blymhill · 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
WV9
Postcode sector
WV9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WV9 5BQ 937 m
WV9 5BG 993 m
WV8 1RD 1.0 km
WV8 1QQ 1.1 km
ST19 9DH 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WV9 5BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WV
Postcode district
WV9
Postcode sector
WV9 5
Latitude
52.649558
Longitude
-2.181153
British National Grid easting
387,841
British National Grid northing
305,772

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
South Staffordshire · E07000196
Parish or community
E04008958
Output area
E00150919
Lower layer super output area
South Staffordshire 003A · E01029617
Middle layer super output area
South Staffordshire 003 · E02006176

Postcode source versions

Explore WV9

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Long Birch Cottages, 2, Port Lane, Coven, Wolverhampton, WV9 5BE 26 April 2013 £108,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
13
Secondary
6
  1. St Nicholas Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  2. Bilbrook CofE (VC) Middle School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.3 km
  3. Lane Green First School

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.1% 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+
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
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

6

within 5 km

  • BILBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    BROOKFIELD ROAD, BILBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV8 1DX

    ODS code M83097

    2.8 km

  • RUSSELL HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M83031

    2.8 km

  • BREWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KIDDEMORE GREEN ROAD, BREWOOD, STAFFORD, ST19 9BQ

    ODS code M83009

    3.0 km

  • ASHFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    39 ASHFIELD ROAD, FORDHOUSES, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6QX

    ODS code M92609

    4.2 km

  • FORDHOUSES MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code M92629

    4.5 km

  • PROBERT ROAD SURGERY

    470 STAFFORD ROAD, OXLEY, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6AR

    ODS code M92041

    4.9 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

  • Lime Tree Road

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.3 miles
  • Lime Tree Road

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.3 miles
  • Codsall Community High School

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.4 miles
  • Codsall Community High School

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.4 miles
  • Holy Cross Church

    BCT · Bilbrook

    1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Staffordshire 003A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,202 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Nicholas Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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