WV12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Willenhall, New Invention and Lane Head, 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 WV12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 70% of people in WV12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WV12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV12 at a rate of 65.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across the WV postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 162 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (809), other crime (258) and criminal damage and arson (188).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV12 was 71.3 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 WV12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV12 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 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 WV12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall 011A | 1,350 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Walsall 011B | 1,701 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 011C | 1,534 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| Walsall 011D | 1,525 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Walsall 014A | 1,468 | 24.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 014B | 1,345 | 27.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Walsall 014C | 1,680 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 014D | 2,108 | 114.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Walsall 019A | 1,177 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 019B | 1,272 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.2% |
| Walsall 019C | 1,500 | 72.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Walsall 019D | 1,679 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Walsall 020A | 1,225 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| Walsall 020B | 1,811 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Walsall 020C | 1,426 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Walsall 020D | 1,570 | 139.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
MPs for WV12
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East100% of WV12’s postcodes
- Valerie VazLabourMP for Walsall and Bloxwich0.4% of WV12’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 WV124
Postcode sectors in WV123
Council1
Towns in WV121
Postcode districts next to WV124
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WV postcode area2
WV12 in brief
WV12 is a postcode district covering Willenhall, New Invention and Lane Head, in Walsall.
About 26,170 people lived in WV12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £216,000 in 2025 across 285 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV12 was £216,000 in 2025.
WV12 had 25,542 usual residents at the census.
About 70% of people in WV12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WV12, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.