WS2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Walsall, Birchills and Leamore, in 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 WS2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 88% of people in WS2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS2 at a rate of 133.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 581 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,620), other crime (962) and vehicle crime (595).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS2 was 130.9 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 WS2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS2 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 12 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall 017A | 2,113 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.6% |
| Walsall 017C | 1,505 | 130.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Walsall 018D | 2,707 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| Walsall 018E | 2,307 | 158.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.4% |
| Walsall 021A | 1,595 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| Walsall 021B | 1,797 | 231.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Walsall 021C | 1,580 | 160.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 021D | 1,891 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 023A | 1,660 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Walsall 023B | 1,592 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 023C | 1,872 | 116.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Walsall 023D | 1,317 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 026A | 1,635 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Walsall 026B | 1,757 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.6% |
| Walsall 026C | 1,876 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Walsall 026D | 2,713 | 276.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.3% |
| Walsall 027D | 1,549 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Walsall 030A | 2,196 | 827.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.5% |
| Walsall 031A | 1,500 | 135.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% |
| Walsall 031B | 1,609 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Walsall 031C | 1,715 | 179.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.3% |
| Walsall 031D | 1,821 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 031E | 1,912 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Walsall 033A | 1,873 | 126.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.2% |
MPs for WS2
- Valerie VazLabourMP for Walsall and Bloxwich81% of WS2’s postcodes
- Pat McFaddenLabourMP for Wolverhampton South East19% of WS2’s postcodes
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East0.1% of WS2’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 WS26
Postcode sectors in WS24
Council1
Towns in WS23
Postcode districts next to WS26
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WS postcode area2
WS2 in brief
WS2 is a postcode district covering Walsall, Birchills and Leamore, in Walsall.
About 45,579 people lived in WS2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £175,000 in 2025 across 275 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 133.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS2 was £175,000 in 2025.
WS2 had 42,371 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in WS2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS2, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.