WS11
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cannock, Norton Canes and Bridgtown, in Cannock Chase.
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 WS11 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 1% of people in WS11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS11 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS11 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS11 at a rate of 98.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 382 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS11.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,935), other crime (758) and anti-social behaviour (593).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS11 was 99.0 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 WS11, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS11 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS11
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannock Chase 007A | 1,472 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 007B | 1,404 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 007C | 1,454 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 007D | 1,673 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Cannock Chase 007E | 1,342 | 134.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 008A | 1,375 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 008B | 1,506 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 008C | 1,572 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 008D | 1,284 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Cannock Chase 010A | 2,386 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.8% |
| Cannock Chase 010B | 1,748 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Cannock Chase 010C | 1,370 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| Cannock Chase 011A | 1,363 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Cannock Chase 011B | 1,649 | 108.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Cannock Chase 011C | 1,530 | 180.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.6% |
| Cannock Chase 011D | 1,717 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| Cannock Chase 011E | 2,213 | 162.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.8% |
| Cannock Chase 012A | 2,393 | 145.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.1% |
| Cannock Chase 012B | 1,520 | 357.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.6% |
| Cannock Chase 012C | 1,399 | 135.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| Cannock Chase 012D | 1,645 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| Cannock Chase 012E | 1,343 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 013A | 1,513 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Cannock Chase 013B | 2,567 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.0% |
| Cannock Chase 013C | 1,609 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Cannock Chase 013D | 2,632 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| South Staffordshire 004F | 1,987 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
MPs for WS11
- Josh NewburyLabourMP for Cannock Chase95% of WS11’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge5.2% of WS11’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 WS116
Postcode sectors in WS118
Council1
Towns in WS113
Postcode districts next to WS116
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WS postcode area2
WS11 in brief
WS11 is a postcode district covering Cannock, Norton Canes and Bridgtown, in Cannock Chase.
About 46,133 people lived in WS11 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £230,000 in 2025 across 657 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 98.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS11 was £230,000 in 2025.
WS11 had 44,236 usual residents at the census.
About 1% of people in WS11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS11, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.