WV15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bridgnorth, Alveley and Low Town, in Shropshire.
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 WV15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 74% of people in WV15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WV15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV15 at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across the WV postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (160), other crime (81) and anti-social behaviour (41).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV15 was 51.9 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 WV15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV15 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire 033A | 1,592 | 120.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.9% |
| Shropshire 033C | 1,627 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.7% |
| Shropshire 033D | 1,563 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Shropshire 034A | 1,700 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 67.5% |
| Shropshire 034B | 1,253 | 15.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Shropshire 034E | 1,708 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 24.7% |
MPs for WV15
- Stuart AndersonConservativeMP for South Shropshire99% of WV15’s postcodes
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire1.0% of WV15’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 WV152
Postcode sectors in WV152
Council1
Towns in WV151
Postcode districts next to WV156
More in the WV postcode area2
WV15 in brief
WV15 is a postcode district covering Bridgnorth, Alveley and Low Town, in Shropshire.
About 8,672 people lived in WV15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £273,400 in 2025 across 111 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV15 was £273,400 in 2025.
WV15 had 8,728 usual residents at the census.
About 74% of people in WV15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WV15, 75.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.