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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/ws

House prices in the WS postcode area, Walsall

Homes in the WS postcode area sold for a median of £240,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 10,114 standard sales.

That is 6% below the £255,000 median for the West Midlands, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£240,00010,114 standard sales
Middle half of prices£185,000 to £325,000
Change since 2016+56%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
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 56%, from £155,000 in 2016 to £242,000 in 2025, the ninth biggest rise of the 105 postcode areas in England and Wales.

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was WS14 (Lichfield), at £390,000, and the cheapest was WS1 (Walsall), at £170,000. The dearest median is 2.3 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were WS13 (Lichfield) and WS5 (Walsall), and the next cheapest WS2 (Walsall) and WS10 (Wednesbury).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the WS area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the WS area, by number of sales: Walsall (8 districts), Cannock (WS11, WS12), Lichfield (WS13, WS14), Rugeley (WS15), Burntwood (WS7), Wednesbury (WS10).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. WS14Lichfield, 561 sales£390,000£4,223+4%
  2. WS13Lichfield, 1,034 sales£325,000£3,419−2%
  3. WS5Walsall, 352 sales£301,500Too few+3%
  4. WS9Walsall, 674 sales£290,000£3,329+8%
  5. WS7Burntwood, 751 sales£257,000Too few+5%
  6. WS6Walsall, 443 sales£255,000£3,280+1%
  7. WS15Rugeley, 977 sales£235,000£3,110+5%
  8. WS12Cannock, 1,010 sales£232,500£2,812+6%
  9. WS4Walsall, 393 sales£227,000Too few+1%
  10. WS11Cannock, 1,155 sales£225,000£2,735+4%
  11. WS8Walsall, 358 sales£219,000Too few+5%
  12. WS3Walsall, 994 sales£215,000£2,403+2%
  13. WS10Wednesbury, 634 sales£207,000£2,527+6%
  14. WS2Walsall, 472 sales£175,000Too few0%
  15. WS1Walsall, 306 sales£170,000Too few−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 WS9 (mostly Aldridge Central & South ward), up 8%, and fell most in WS13 (Lichfield), down 2%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were St Stephens Way, Fradley (WS13, detached houses, £550,000), Luther Way, Fradley (WS13, £522,500) and Morughale Way, Streethay (WS13, £455,000).

The cheapest were Castle Dyke, Lichfield (WS13, flats, £85,500), Northgate, Aldridge (WS9, flats, £104,000) and Sutton Road, Walsall (WS1, flats, £107,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include B (Birmingham), WV (Wolverhampton) and ST (Stoke-on-Trent).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the WS area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached2,757£370,000£300,000 to £470,000£3,481/m²from 96 sales
Semi-detached4,098£231,000£195,000 to £275,000£2,894/m²from 165 sales
Terraced2,308£197,500£165,000 to £245,000£2,324/m²from 91 sales
Flats and maisonettes951£127,500£101,000 to £169,000£2,467/m²from 24 sales

Semi-detached houses were the most common type sold in the WS area, at 41% of sales, ahead of detached houses at 27%.

Council areas in the WS postcode area

Within WS, the median ran from £220,000 in Sandwell and Walsall to £303,500 in Lichfield, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the WS area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in WSMedian in WSWhole council area
Walsall3,662£220,000£227,000
Lichfield2,676£303,500£312,500
Cannock Chase2,625£227,000£227,000
South Staffordshire618£250,000£290,000
Sandwell482£220,000£220,000
East Staffordshire50£390,000£240,000
1 other council area1Too fewNot shown

About these figures

The WS figures come from 10,114 standard sales in 15 postcode districts across 7 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was WS11 (Cannock), with 1,155 sales.

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

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