WS5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Walsall, Yew Tree and The Chuckery, in Walsall and Sandwell.
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 WS5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in WS5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS5 at a rate of 53.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (605), other crime (185) and vehicle crime (146).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS5 was 54.3 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 WS5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS5 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 WS5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwell 002A | 2,125 | 78.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Sandwell 002B | 1,819 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| Sandwell 002C | 1,709 | 97.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Sandwell 002D | 2,402 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Walsall 029C | 1,525 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 14.8% |
| Walsall 035A | 1,654 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 15.7% |
| Walsall 035B | 2,003 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 30.4% |
| Walsall 035C | 1,611 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 68.0% |
| Walsall 035D | 1,577 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.0% |
| Walsall 037A | 1,635 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| Walsall 037B | 1,378 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
| Walsall 037D | 1,526 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Walsall 039A | 1,672 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
MPs for WS5
- Valerie VazLabourMP for Walsall and Bloxwich36% of WS5’s postcodes
- Sarah CoombesLabourMP for West Bromwich33% of WS5’s postcodes
- Wendy MortonConservativeMP for Aldridge-Brownhills31% of WS5’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 WS53
Postcode sectors in WS52
Councils WS5 covers2
Towns in WS52
Postcode districts next to WS56
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WS postcode area2
WS5 in brief
WS5 is a postcode district covering Walsall, Yew Tree and The Chuckery, in Walsall and Sandwell.
About 23,126 people lived in WS5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 214 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS5 was £300,000 in 2025.
WS5 had 22,700 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in WS5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS5, 78.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.