# DY8 3QE: area report for a postcode in Dudley

DY8 3QE 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 3QE for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) › [DY8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8) › [DY8 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-3)

## Around this postcode

- **19 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 58% on July. Dudley 035B: 68 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **Stourbridge Town, 1.4 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 810 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **No property in DY8 3QE 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=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Dudley 035B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **£232,196 average price**: For the whole of Dudley, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 340 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 110 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **97.8% can get gigabit broadband at DY8 3QE**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **Low road and rail noise at DY8 3QE**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **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=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE
- **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=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Ridge Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ridge-primary-school-e103805) | Primary | 810 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ridgewood High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ridgewood-high-school-e141712) | Secondary | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023 | Attainment 8 of 44.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [King Edward VI College Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-edward-vi-college-stourbridge-e148142) | Sixth form and further education | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St James's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-jamess-cofe-primary-school-e103851) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Greenfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenfield-primary-school-e152129) | Primary | 990 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024, before the school changed | – |
| [Glasshouse College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/glasshouse-college-e132004) | Special | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Gig Mill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gig-mill-primary-school-e150457) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2020, before the school changed | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Amblecote Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/amblecote-primary-school-e103806) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £225,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| November 2023 | £205,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 30 m |
| June 2024 | £295,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| August 2025 | £225,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| March 2026 | £240,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| March 2026 | £258,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2025 | £216,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| May 2026 | £150,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: LION HEALTH (340 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (240 m); PEAK PHARMACY (340 m)
- Dental practices: BRIDGNORTH ROAD (DENTAL PRACTICE) (280 m); STOURCOTE DENTAL PRACTICE (890 m)
- Supermarkets: Aldi Bridgnorth Road Stourbridge (110 m, Aldi); Spar - Wollaston (310 m, Spar); Sainsburys Wollaston High Street Local (630 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Stourbridge Extra (880 m, Tesco)

## 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 035B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 13.6** (2025). Dudley 035B has a deprivation score of 13.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,893rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £288,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dudley 035B was £288,000 in 2025. Joint 15,168th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,426** (2021). Dudley 035B had 1,426 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 19,403rd 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: 98.9%** (January 2026). In Dudley 035B, 98.9% 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: 52.4592, -2.1612

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=-2.1612,52.4592,DY83QE

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