WV2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wolverhampton, Rough Hills and Blakenhall, in Wolverhampton.
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 WV2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 90% of people in WV2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WV2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WV2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WV2 at a rate of 105.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.2 per 1,000 people across the WV postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 217 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WV2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,035), other crime (389) and vehicle crime (236).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WV2 was 109.2 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 WV2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WV2 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WV2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton 029D | 1,659 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Wolverhampton 029E | 2,645 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Wolverhampton 030A | 1,827 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Wolverhampton 035A | 1,517 | 223.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Wolverhampton 035B | 1,609 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Wolverhampton 035C | 1,359 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Wolverhampton 035E | 1,376 | 162.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Wolverhampton 035G | 1,708 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wolverhampton 035H | 1,939 | 237.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.0% |
| Wolverhampton 035I | 1,724 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Wolverhampton 035J | 1,289 | 70.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
MPs for WV2
- Pat McFaddenLabourMP for Wolverhampton South East57% of WV2’s postcodes
- Warinder JussLabourMP for Wolverhampton West43% of WV2’s postcodes
- Sureena BrackenridgeLabourMP for Wolverhampton North East0.2% of WV2’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 WV21
Postcode sectors in WV24
Council1
Towns in WV22
Postcode districts next to WV24
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WV postcode area2
WV2 in brief
WV2 is a postcode district covering Wolverhampton, Rough Hills and Blakenhall, in Wolverhampton.
About 22,452 people lived in WV2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 96 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 105.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WV2 was £190,000 in 2025.
WV2 had 19,925 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in WV2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WV2, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.