Shropshire
WV5 house prices in Shropshire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Shropshire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£320,000
Range £184,500–£550,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in WV5: the typical (median) sold price is £320,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). WV5 is an active market, with about 18 recorded sales a month. By property type, 42% were detached homes (typically £440,000) and 39% were semi-detached homes (typically £270,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,528 a year: Shropshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Shropshire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on WV5: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since June 2025 make WV5 a steady market, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
For sellers, £320,000 is the middle of a £184,500 to £550,500 range, so the real question is where in it your home sits; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseWhen buying here, WV5 sits above the UK average for typical prices, so compare any asking price with sold homes of the same type before you commit.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (174 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,528 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
Next step: the free WV5 OfferCheck, which sets flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools next to these prices, with every source named.
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At a glance
WV5 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£320,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
18.1
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,528
A year
On the map
Where WV5 sits in Shropshire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in WV5
88, ROOKERY ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£425,000
ROCK COTTAGE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£510,000
11, QUENDALE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£205,000
12, STRATHMORE CRESCENT, WOLVERHAMPTON
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£310,000
21A, BULL MEADOW LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
Detached · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£490,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). WV5 includes the Claverley & Worfield ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in WV5
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in WV5 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £440,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £148,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 101 | £440,000 | £305,000–£595,000 |
| Semi-detached | 95 | £270,000 | £185,800–£363,000 |
| Terraced | 35 | £258,500 | £149,000–£357,400 |
| Flat / maisonette | 11 | £148,000 | £112,000–£350,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in WV5
The quarterly typical price rose 3.0%, from £332,500 in Q2 2025 (6 sales) to £342,500 in Q3 2026 (14 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | £332,500 | 6 |
| Q3 2025 | £321,750 | 68 |
| Q4 2025 | £329,000 | 78 |
| Q1 2026 | £322,500 | 52 |
| Q2 2026 | £272,500 | 32 |
| Q3 2026 | £342,500 | 14 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of WV5 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most WV5 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £184,500 and £550,500, around a typical £320,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in WV5
Detached homes were 42% of recorded sales (101 of 242). 92% of sales were freehold and 8% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached42%
- Semi-detached39%
- Terraced14%
- Flat / maisonette5%
Tenure
- Freehold92%
- Leasehold8%
See the figures
231 freehold (92%) and 19 leasehold (8%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in WV5, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
ROCK COTTAGE, WOLVERHAMPTON
£590,000 (2026)£510,000 (2026)-13.6% over 0.5 yrs (-24.9%/yr)
22, COMMON ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
£190,000 (2025)£346,000 (2026)+82.1% over 0.6 yrs (+158%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Shropshire (WV5) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £440,000 against £148,000 for flats: about 3.0 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (92%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 18 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 20 June 2025 and 14 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on WV5
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in WV5
£2,528
Band D a year in Shropshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,685 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,966 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,247 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,528 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,090 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,652 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,214 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,056 |
These are Shropshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority WV5 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Shropshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near WV5
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School.
All schools
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · WV5 8DZ
786 m
Not graded
Cherry Trees School
Academies · WV5 0AX
891 m
Good · 2024
Wombourne High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · WV5 8BJ
898 m
Good · 2022
Westfield Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WV5 8BH
1.1 km
Requires improvement · 2024
All Saints' CofE Primary School
Primary · Academies · WV5 7HR
1.3 km
Good · 2023
Blakeley Heath Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · WV5 0JR
1.6 km
Good · 2016
St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School
Primary · Academies · WV5 9DZ
2.0 km
Good · 2023
St John's CofE (C) Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DY3 4NB
2.1 km
Good · 2022
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the WV5 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near WV5
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around WV5
174
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
SouthStaffordshire/24/01088/COND4Undecided
160 m
Discharge of conditions for condition 8 Construction Management Plan (CMP) for application 24/01088/FULM
Received 2026-07-10
SouthStaffordshire/24/01088/COND5Undecided
160 m
Discharge of conditions for condition 6 (LEMP) for application 24/01088/FULM
Received 2026-07-10
SouthStaffordshire/24/01088/COND2Undecided
160 m
Discharge of conditions for condition 5 (Ecological Enhancement Plan (EEP)) for application 24/01088/FULM
Received 2026-07-03
SouthStaffordshire/24/01088/COND3Undecided
160 m
Discharge of conditions for condition 3 (archaeology) for application 24/01088/FULM
Received 2026-07-03
SouthStaffordshire/24/01088/CONDUndecided
160 m
Discharge of condition 9 - PROW (public right of way) lighting of application 24/01088/FULM
Received 2026-06-26
SouthStaffordshire/26/00510/FULUndecided
376 m
Erection of new bungalow
Received 2026-06-12
Applications are matched within 500 m of the WV5 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for WV5 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 174 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for WV5
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled WV5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
WV5 9DE, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so WV5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in WV5: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in WV5, band by band
Shropshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the WV5 median sold price of £320,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearShropshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £320,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,685 | £140 | 0.53% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,966 | £164 | 0.61% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,247 | £187 | 0.70% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,528 | £211 | 0.79% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,090 | £258 | 0.97% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,652 | £304 | 1.14% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,214 | £351 | 1.32% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,056 | £421 | 1.58% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the WV5 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Shropshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in WV5 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 242 distinct addresses in the records we hold for WV5. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
88, ROOKERY ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 0JG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-08-14
ROCK COTTAGE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 7DE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£510,000
2026-08-14
11, QUENDALE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 8JZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,000
2026-08-11
12, STRATHMORE CRESCENT, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 9AS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-07
21A, BULL MEADOW LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 9DE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-08-03
8, DANESBROOK, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 7BB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-31
35, HAZEL GROVE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 9EG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-07-27
FOX COVERT, 58, ORTON LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 9AW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-27
4, SILVERWOOD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 8AB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£505,000
2026-07-27
12, KIRKSTONE CRESCENT, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 8EH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-07-20
5, CHAPEL STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 0LR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-07-20
16, WOODLANDS ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 0JZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-07-20
MILLBROOK COTTAGE, MILL LANE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 0LG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-07-03
2, ORCHARD CLOSE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 7BT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£585,000
2026-07-02
44, SANDRINGHAM ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 8EF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-06-26
38, VAN DIEMANS ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 0BS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-06-25
21, POST OFFICE ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 7HA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£722,500
2026-06-23
36, PARK AVENUE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 0ND · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-06-19
41, PENLEIGH GARDENS, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 8EJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-06-19
7, RUDGE HEATH ROAD, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 7DJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£192,500
2026-06-16
48, WOMBROOK COURT, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 9AA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£157,000
2026-06-15
18, LONGFORD CLOSE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 8HN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-06-12
3, BROOKSIDE CLOSE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 8JU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-06-12
11, CUSHMAN AVENUE, WOLVERHAMPTON
WV5 8ES · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-06-12
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near WV5
The closest districts to WV5 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in DY6 (Kingswinford) 3.1 miles
- House prices in WV4 (Wolverhampton) 3.4 miles
- House prices in DY3 (Dudley) 3.4 miles
- House prices in WV3 (Wolverhampton) 3.8 miles
- House prices in WV6 (Wolverhampton) 4.5 miles
- House prices in WV2 (Wolverhampton) 4.7 miles
- House prices in DY7 (Stourbridge) 4.8 miles
- House prices in DY1 (Dudley) 5 miles
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Data sources
Every WV5 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.