# B62 2LW: area report for a postcode in Dudley

B62 2LW is a postcode in Dudley.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Dudley. Open the map at B62 2LW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) › [B62](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b62) › [B62 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/b62-2)

## Around this postcode

- **16 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Dudley 026B: 81 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **Old Hill, 730 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 150 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **No property in B62 2LW listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Dudley 026B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **£232,196 average price**: For the whole of Dudley, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 700 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **100% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **Low road and rail noise at B62 2LW**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW
- **10.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coombswood Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coombswood-special-school-e150053) | Special | 150 m (2 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Highfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfields-primary-school-e103946) | Primary | 330 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Olive Hill Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/olive-hill-primary-academy-e144301) | Primary | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Temple Meadow Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/temple-meadow-primary-school-e103957) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2023 | 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Halesbury School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/halesbury-school-e103881) | Special | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Blackheath Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blackheath-primary-school-e103981) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hurst Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hurst-green-primary-school-e103807) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Halesowen College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/halesowen-college-e130476) | Sixth form and further education | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £120,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| October 2025 | £250,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| March 2025 | £205,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| October 2025 | £255,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| January 2025 | £165,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| October 2024 | £190,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| August 2023 | £190,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| March 2026 | £280,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 240 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Old Hill (730 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE (700 m); CLEMENT ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE (890 m)
- Pharmacies: EVERGREEN PHARMACY (310 m); HINGLEY PHARMACY (700 m); BOOTS (780 m); MW PHILLIPS CHEMISTS (860 m); M W PHILLIPS CHEMISTS (890 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (570 m); BHANDAL DENTAL PRACTICES (820 m); DENTAL SURGERY (930 m); HALESOWEN DENTAL (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Blackheath (740 m, Sainsburys); Heron Blackheath Halesowen (840 m, Heron); Iceland Blackheath (860 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £232,196** (July 2026). Dudley’s average house price was £232,196 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,486** (2025). Full-time workers living in Dudley earned a median of £35,486 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 83rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.5×** (2025). A home in Dudley costs 6.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 128th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 23.2** (2025). Dudley has a deprivation score of 23.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 103rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Dudley 026B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 28.7** (2025). Dudley 026B has a deprivation score of 28.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,910th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dudley 026B was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 8,379th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,589** (2021). Dudley 026B had 1,589 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,682nd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Dudley 026B, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## B62 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £290,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in B62 was £290,000 in 2025. Joint 1,065th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 25,592** (2021). B62 had 25,592 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,138th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in B62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.5%** (January 2026). In B62, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley)
- Centre: 52.4689, -2.0459

Council: [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Halesowen](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/halesowen): Alex Ballinger (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.0459,52.4689,B622LW

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