WS10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Darlaston and Wednesbury, in Sandwell and Walsall.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an WS10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 79% of people in WS10 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS10 at a rate of 109.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 499 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,381), other crime (967) and shoplifting (660).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS10 was 113.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in WS10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS10 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell 001A | 1,838 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Sandwell 001B | 1,761 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Sandwell 001C | 1,664 | 274.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Sandwell 001D | 1,619 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 001E | 1,875 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| Sandwell 003A | 1,584 | 111.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 003B | 1,244 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 003C | 1,225 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Sandwell 003D | 1,882 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Sandwell 003E | 1,877 | 97.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.0% |
| Sandwell 004A | 1,363 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Sandwell 004B | 1,372 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 004C | 1,628 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Sandwell 004D | 1,352 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 005A | 2,125 | 228.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.4% |
| Sandwell 005B | 1,704 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Sandwell 005C | 1,820 | 240.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| Sandwell 005D | 1,904 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.6% |
| Sandwell 013F | 2,033 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.5% |
| Walsall 033B | 1,616 | 240.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Walsall 033C | 2,027 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.3% |
| Walsall 033D | 2,033 | 121.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Walsall 036A | 1,796 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Walsall 036B | 2,218 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| Walsall 036C | 2,773 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Walsall 036D | 1,706 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 038A | 2,168 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Walsall 038B | 1,796 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Walsall 038C | 1,527 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Walsall 038D | 1,668 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
MPs for WS10
- Antonia BanceLabourMP for Tipton and Wednesbury58% of WS10’s postcodes
- Pat McFaddenLabourMP for Wolverhampton South East41% of WS10’s postcodes
- Sarah CoombesLabourMP for West Bromwich0.1% of WS10’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in WS107
Postcode sectors in WS105
Councils WS10 covers2
Towns in WS105
Postcode districts next to WS108
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WS postcode area2
WS10 in brief
WS10 is a postcode district covering Darlaston and Wednesbury, in Sandwell and Walsall.
About 53,041 people lived in WS10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,250 in 2025 across 350 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 109.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS10 was £205,250 in 2025.
WS10 had 51,454 usual residents at the census.
About 79% of people in WS10 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS10, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.