# DY8 1XN: area report for a postcode in Dudley

DY8 1XN 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 DY8 1XN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) › [DY8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8) › [DY8 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-1)

## Around this postcode

- **57 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 24% on July. Dudley 035D: 47 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **Stourbridge Town, 740 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 340 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **No property in DY8 1XN 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=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Dudley 035D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **£232,196 average price**: For the whole of Dudley, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 560 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at DY8 1XN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **Low road and rail noise at DY8 1XN**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN
- **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=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [King Edward VI College Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-edward-vi-college-stourbridge-e148142) | Sixth form and further education | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Greenfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenfield-primary-school-e152129) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024, before the school changed | – |
| [Old Swinford Hospital](https://openindex.co.uk/school/old-swinford-hospital-e103870) | Secondary | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 57.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Redhill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/redhill-school-e139872) | Secondary | 940 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | Attainment 8 of 48.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Gig Mill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gig-mill-primary-school-e150457) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2020, before the school changed | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Glasshouse College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/glasshouse-college-e132004) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Amblecote Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/amblecote-primary-school-e103806) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Ridge Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ridge-primary-school-e103805) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2026 | £227,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| October 2025 | £390,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2024 | £217,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| June 2025 | £180,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| February 2024 | £155,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| May 2026 | £110,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| October 2025 | £200,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 120 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Stourbridge Town (740 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: LION HEALTH (560 m); THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE (870 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (430 m); PEAK PHARMACY (560 m); STOURBRIDGE PHARMACY (610 m); BOOTS (870 m); BOOTS (870 m)
- Dental practices: STOURCOTE DENTAL PRACTICE (300 m); DENTAL SURGERY (640 m); WORCESTER STREET (DENTAL SURGERY) (690 m); DENTAL SURGERY (720 m); STOURBRIDGE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE CENTRE (870 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Stourbridge Extra (260 m, Tesco); Waitrose Stourbridge (380 m, Waitrose); Iceland Stourbridge (440 m, Iceland); Aldi New Road Stourbridge (490 m, Aldi); Aldi Bridgnorth Road Stourbridge (740 m, Aldi)

## 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 035D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 15.7** (2025). Dudley 035D has a deprivation score of 15.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,140th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £247,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dudley 035D was £247,500 in 2025. Joint 11,243rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,457** (2021). Dudley 035D had 1,457 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,937th least 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: 93.4%** (January 2026). In Dudley 035D, 93.4% 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.

## DY8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DY8 was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 861st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 51,050** (2021). DY8 had 51,050 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 188th 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: 44%** (2022). About 44% of people in DY8 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: 96.0%** (January 2026). In DY8, 96.0% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley)
- Centre: 52.4572, -2.1524

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

## Your MP

- [Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stourbridge): Cat Eccles (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)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [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=-2.1524,52.4572,DY81XN

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