TEMPEST STREET, WV2 1AA House Prices & Local Information

WV2 1AA is an up-and-coming urban area on Tempest Street, 0.6km from Horseley Fields in Wolverhampton. Administratively it sits within St Peter's ward and the Wolverhampton South West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WV2 1AA is a diverse renting area with many ethnic minority families, mostly European-born. By day, the area transitions to a shop until you drop character: major retail centres of national and regional significance. With residents averaging 30 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 33% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 55% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Wolverhampton.

Safety: Crime rates are high (265 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: With prices averaging £88k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 78.2% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for WV2 1AA are sourced from Output Area E00167325 (shared with 126 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.