WS7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Burntwood, Chase Terrace and Chasetown, in 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 WS7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in WS7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS7 at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 176 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (822), anti-social behaviour (315) and other crime (296).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS7 was 63.5 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 WS7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS7 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 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 WS7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lichfield 003A | 1,418 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Lichfield 003B | 1,624 | 28.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.3% |
| Lichfield 003C | 2,264 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.1% |
| Lichfield 006A | 1,619 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| Lichfield 006B | 1,881 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Lichfield 006C | 1,555 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Lichfield 006D | 1,604 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Lichfield 006F | 1,270 | 119.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Lichfield 006G | 1,845 | 188.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| Lichfield 009A | 2,035 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Lichfield 009B | 1,361 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |
| Lichfield 009C | 1,515 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Lichfield 009D | 1,416 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Lichfield 009E | 1,582 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.5% |
| Lichfield 009F | 1,729 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Lichfield 010A | 1,929 | 112.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Lichfield 010B | 1,210 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Lichfield 010C | 1,315 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Lichfield 010D | 1,274 | 42.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
Your MP
- Dave RobertsonLabourMP for Lichfield
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 WS74
Postcode sectors in WS76
Council1
Towns in WS71
Postcode districts next to WS78
Nearest rail stations2
More in the WS postcode area2
WS7 in brief
WS7 is a postcode district covering Burntwood, Chase Terrace and Chasetown, in Lichfield.
About 31,294 people lived in WS7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £255,000 in 2025 across 458 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS7 was £255,000 in 2025.
WS7 had 30,439 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in WS7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS7, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.