WS4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shelfield, Ryecroft and Rushall, 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 WS4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 69% of people in WS4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS4 at a rate of 76.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 148 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (634), other crime (225) and criminal damage and arson (152).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS4 was 74.3 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 WS4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS4 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 WS4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall 005C | 1,726 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.9% |
| Walsall 010A | 1,314 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Walsall 010B | 1,601 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Walsall 010C | 1,528 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Walsall 010D | 1,540 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Walsall 016A | 1,338 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| Walsall 016B | 1,681 | 75.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.2% |
| Walsall 016C | 1,484 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Walsall 016D | 1,947 | 109.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Walsall 024A | 1,608 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.1% |
| Walsall 024B | 1,626 | 143.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.0% |
| Walsall 024C | 1,923 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.9% |
MPs for WS4
- Wendy MortonConservativeMP for Aldridge-Brownhills70% of WS4’s postcodes
- Valerie VazLabourMP for Walsall and Bloxwich30% of WS4’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 WS43
Postcode sectors in WS42
Council1
Towns in WS42
Postcode districts next to WS46
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WS postcode area2
WS4 in brief
WS4 is a postcode district covering Shelfield, Ryecroft and Rushall, in Walsall.
About 18,153 people lived in WS4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £221,250 in 2025 across 220 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS4 was £221,250 in 2025.
WS4 had 17,936 usual residents at the census.
About 69% of people in WS4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS4, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.