Council areaWest Midlands, England

House prices in Walsall

Homes in Walsall sold for a median of £227,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 5,051 standard sales.

That makes it the fifth cheapest of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £255,000.

Median sale price£227,0005,051 standard sales
Middle half of prices£175,000 to £296,000
Change since 2016+62%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £140,500
  2. 2017: £150,000
  3. 2018: £156,500
  4. 2019: £157,000
  5. 2020: £165,000
  6. 2021: £190,000
  7. 2022: £200,000
  8. 2023: £210,000
  9. 2024: £215,000
  10. 2025: £228,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £225,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 62%, from £140,500 in 2016 to £228,000 in 2025, more than the 50% rise across the West Midlands as a whole.

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Walsall, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached1,061£350,000£280,000 to £440,000£3,350/m²from 35 sales
Semi-detached2,140£235,000£195,000 to £280,000£2,917/m²from 84 sales
Terraced1,349£186,000£158,000 to £228,000£2,275/m²from 53 sales
Flats and maisonettes501£120,000£94,000 to £155,000Too few

Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold in Walsall, at 42% of sales, ahead of terraced houses at 27%.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £2,699 per m², 13% below the £3,091 across the West Midlands as a whole.

Postcode districts in Walsall

The dearest district was WS5 (Walsall), at £301,500, and the cheapest was WS1 (Walsall), at £170,000.

The next dearest were WS9 (mostly Aldridge Central & South ward) and WS4 (mostly Rushall-Shelfield ward), and the next cheapest WS2 (Walsall) and WV13 (Willenhall).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Walsall, placed at the centre of its postcodes and labelled with the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.
Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. WS5Walsall, 352 salesMedian price £301,500Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +3%
  2. WS9Walsall, 674 salesMedian price £290,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +8%
  3. WS4Walsall, 393 salesMedian price £227,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  4. WS8Walsall, 358 salesMedian price £219,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +5%
  5. WV12Willenhall, 476 salesMedian price £218,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +7%
  6. WS3Walsall, 994 salesMedian price £215,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  7. WV13Willenhall, 319 salesMedian price £195,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +13%
  8. WS2Walsall, 472 salesMedian price £175,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  9. WS1Walsall, 306 salesMedian price £170,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in WV13 (Willenhall), up 13%, and fell most in WS1 (Walsall), down 1%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Copper Works Way, Walsall (WS3)29 sales
  • Goscote Lodge Crescent, Walsall (WS3)25 sales
  • Sutton Road, Walsall (WS5)24 sales
  • Wolverhampton Road, Pelsall (WS3)23 sales
  • Lichfield Road, Rushall (WS4)19 sales
  • Leighswood Road, Walsall (WS9)18 sales
  • Walsall Wood Road, Walsall (WS9)18 sales
  • Billet Crescent, Walsall (WS3)17 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Whetstone Lane, Walsall (WS9, £450,000), Lazy Hill Road, Aldridge (WS9, £420,000) and Main Street, Stonnall (WS9, £408,000).

The cheapest were Northgate, Aldridge (WS9, flats, £104,000), Sutton Road, Walsall (WS1, flats, £107,500) and Terret Close, Walsall (WS1, flats, £116,000).

Living in Walsall

Crime

104 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Higher than 84 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

95% of homes can get it

Higher than 74 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.

Radon

67% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 65 in 100 council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,627 a year in Walsall for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 93 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the West Midlands

Median sale price of the 30 council areas in the West Midlands with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Walsall and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. Wyre Forest£257,000
  2. Tamworth£248,000
  3. Nuneaton and Bedworth£244,000
  4. Birmingham£240,000
  5. Dudley£240,000
  6. East Staffordshire£240,000
  7. Telford and Wrekin£235,000
  8. Coventry£230,000
  9. Staffordshire Moorlands£228,500
  10. Cannock Chase£227,000
  11. Walsall, this council area£227,000
  12. Wolverhampton£223,000
  13. Sandwell£220,000
  14. Newcastle-under-Lyme£200,000
  15. Stoke-on-Trent£160,000

About these figures

Walsall's figures come from 5,051 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 9 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Walsall, so their sales add up to 4,344 instead (how we build council pages).

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.