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This town in Staffordshire, West Midlands has a population of 11,867.
Codsall’s strongest is hazard risk (B+). Buying the median home, at £295,000, takes 5.6 years of household income in the South Staffordshire council area. Schools lag: primary results beat 33% of towns in England; secondary results beat 23% of towns in England. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #23 of 46 in Staffordshire. On that grade it does better than 56% of UK towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B− for health, B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Codsall is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Codsall does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Codsall’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →10 listed buildings in Codsall.
Codsall Railway Station and footbridge: Photo: Hilary Wright · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Meat House: Photo: Brian Robert Marshall · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Codsall.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 1 of them. Homes from before 1919 make up 4% of the total, below both Staffordshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (16%). Scaled to its population, that is 8 listed buildings for every 10,000 people in Codsall.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Of its 7 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. Codsall’s four primaries and three secondaries have 2,563 pupils between them. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 3 primary schools: 58% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Nicholas Church of England First SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 339 | – |
| Codsall Community High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,046 | B− |
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, about level with England’s towns (34%) and above Staffordshire’s towns (27%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. The age that splits Codsall in two is 46.9.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Codsall | Staffordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Staffordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Owners make up nearly three quarters of households, above both Staffordshire’s towns (67%) and England’s towns (61%). The £295,000 median rests on 442 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). Private rents average £958 a month across the South Staffordshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £445,000 | 165 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 163 |
| Terraced | £240,000 | 93 |
| Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 505 crimes and 109 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Codsall’s built-up area. Of all the crimes, 47% were violence and sexual offences. Violence came to 21.8 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than Staffordshire’s towns (24.2) and near England’s towns (22).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car carried 84% of commuters at the census. 14% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with Staffordshire’s towns (15%) and below England’s towns (27%). In 2026, 3% of 16 to 64s were claiming unemployment benefits. About 11% of its commuters stay in Codsall for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; 87% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Codsall is New Cross Hospital, 4.4 miles away. 17% of residents have a disability, lower than Staffordshire’s towns (19%) and near England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Codsall | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.8% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Codsall. Best known first.
MuseumWolverhampton Art Gallery4.6 km outside town, to the southeast · 159K visitors a year
Garden · National TrustWightwick Manor Gardens3.9 km outside town, to the south
Historic house · English HeritageBoscobel House4.4 km outside town, to the northwest
Historic houseChillington Hall2.4 km outside town, to the north
Historic house · National TrustMoseley Old Hall4.8 km outside town, to the east
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhite Ladies Priory4.4 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
4 notable people were born in Codsall.
William Regal: Jjron, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charles Wheeler: Adrian Pingstone, Public domain
Town in Staffordshire, England
Codsall is a built-up area of 11,867 people, in the South Staffordshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codsall | 11,867 | — | B | B | B | B− |
| Perton | 9,302 | 2.3 | A− | A− | B | B |
| Coven | 2,399 | 3.1 | — | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Brewood | 2,552 | 3.7 | C | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Wolverhampton | 234,029 | 3.9 | D | C− | D | D |
| Pattingham | 1,773 | 4 | — | B− | B+ | B+ |
| Featherstone | 7,096 | 4.1 | B− | A− | B− | C− |
| Albrighton | 6,983 | 4.2 | A | B− | A | B+ |
Coven and Pattingham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 77% of towns in England, and primary results trail 67% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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