WS15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rugeley, Ravenhill and Etchinghill, in Cannock Chase and Lichfield.
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 WS15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 54% of people in WS15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS15 at a rate of 73.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 261 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,298), other crime (510) and anti-social behaviour (372).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS15 was 68.5 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 WS15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS15 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannock Chase 001A | 1,201 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 001B | 1,203 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Cannock Chase 001C | 1,372 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.1% |
| Cannock Chase 001D | 1,489 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Cannock Chase 001E | 2,141 | 56.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Cannock Chase 002A | 1,329 | 96.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 002B | 2,284 | 74.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Cannock Chase 002C | 1,530 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Cannock Chase 002D | 1,385 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 002E | 1,660 | 356.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Cannock Chase 003A | 2,003 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Cannock Chase 003B | 1,772 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Cannock Chase 003C | 1,506 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Cannock Chase 003D | 1,740 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Cannock Chase 003E | 2,266 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Cannock Chase 006B | 1,634 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.6% |
| East Staffordshire 006A | 1,443 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.7% |
| East Staffordshire 006B | 1,333 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.9% |
| Lichfield 001A | 1,925 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Lichfield 001C | 1,575 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Lichfield 001D | 1,975 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.2% |
| Lichfield 001E | 1,774 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.3% |
| Lichfield 001F | 1,542 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Lichfield 003D | 1,847 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 50.7% |
MPs for WS15
- Josh NewburyLabourMP for Cannock Chase56% of WS15’s postcodes
- Dave RobertsonLabourMP for Lichfield43% of WS15’s postcodes
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge0.8% of WS15’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 WS154
Postcode sectors in WS155
Councils WS15 covers2
Towns in WS151
Postcode districts next to WS157
Nearest rail stations2
More in the WS postcode area2
WS15 in brief
WS15 is a postcode district covering Rugeley, Ravenhill and Etchinghill, in Cannock Chase and Lichfield.
About 39,142 people lived in WS15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £235,000 in 2025 across 587 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS15 was £235,000 in 2025.
WS15 had 38,529 usual residents at the census.
About 54% of people in WS15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS15, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.