WS8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brownhills, Clayhanger and New Town, 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 WS8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in WS8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WS8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WS8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WS8 at a rate of 107.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.2 per 1,000 people across the WS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 155 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WS8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (738), other crime (269) and criminal damage and arson (199).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WS8 was 99.4 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 WS8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WS8 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WS8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall 001A | 1,448 | 129.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 001B | 1,587 | 112.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Walsall 001C | 2,258 | 206.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| Walsall 001D | 1,733 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| Walsall 002A | 1,536 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.8% |
| Walsall 002B | 1,686 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.6% |
| Walsall 002C | 1,385 | 116.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 002D | 1,810 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Walsall 004B | 1,399 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Walsall 004C | 1,776 | 96.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
MPs for WS8
- Wendy MortonConservativeMP for Aldridge-Brownhills98% of WS8’s postcodes
- Dave RobertsonLabourMP for Lichfield2.2% of WS8’s postcodes
- Josh NewburyLabourMP for Cannock Chase0.3% of WS8’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 WS83
Postcode sectors in WS82
Council1
Towns in WS81
Postcode districts next to WS84
Nearest rail stations3
More in the WS postcode area2
WS8 in brief
WS8 is a postcode district covering Brownhills, Clayhanger and New Town, in Walsall.
About 16,373 people lived in WS8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 186 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 107.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WS8 was £220,000 in 2025.
WS8 had 16,361 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in WS8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WS8, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.