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Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood

Ward

South Dudley. About 13,930 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.6 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 74% of people in Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,672
1,128th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
74%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Quarry Bank & Dudley WoodMiddle
Population24 wards, Dudley · 2021
Population: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 11,851 to 16,287. The middle area is 13,355. Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood is 13,672.
13,6728th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Dudley · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 92.5%. Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood is 74.0%.
74%8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Dudley · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 89.6% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.8%. Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood is 98.8%.
98.8%7th highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Dudley · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dudley24 areas from 2.3% to 7.6%. The middle area is 4.3%. Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood is 5.1%.
5.1%8th highest

Is Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 79.9 per 1,000 people across Dudley.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 115 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (482), other crime (165) and shoplifting (99).

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 ward, so they describe all of Dudley and not Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood alone. See Dudley

Average house price
£233,819
Up 3.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,486
83rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.6×
Joint 136th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.2
103rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood in brief

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood had 13,672 usual residents at the census.

About 74% of people in Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.