Dudley 042A
NeighbourhoodSouth Dudley. 1,740 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.4 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Dudley 042A is in decile 2.
How Dudley 042A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Dudley 042A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dudley 042A at a rate of 67.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 36.1 per 1,000 people across Pedmore Fields.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dudley 042A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (66), other crime (24) and criminal damage and arson (9).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Dudley
These figures are published for the whole of Dudley, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Dudley and not Dudley 042A alone. See Dudley
Dudley 042A in brief
Dudley 042A has a deprivation score of 38.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Dudley 042A had 1,744 usual residents at the census.
In Dudley 042A, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Dudley 042A, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.