BENTON CLOSE, WV12 4DP House Prices & Local Information

WV12 4DP is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Benton Close, 0.3km from Sand Beds in Willenhall. Administratively it sits within Short Heath ward and the Walsall North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, WV12 4DP is an area with a high proportion of elderly residents, often in communal housing. During the day, white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 47) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 29% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 31 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £110k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 21.9% 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 WV12 4DP are sourced from Output Area E00052433 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.