# DY8 5LJ: area report for a postcode in Dudley

DY8 5LJ 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 5LJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) › [DY8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8) › [DY8 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-5)

## Around this postcode

- **11 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 83% on July. Dudley 021D: 32 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **Stourbridge Town, 3.6 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 100 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **No property in DY8 5LJ 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=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Dudley 021D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **£232,196 average price**: For the whole of Dudley, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 570 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 90 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at DY8 5LJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **Low road and rail noise at DY8 5LJ**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% 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=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ
- **9.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Belle Vue Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/belle-vue-primary-school-e103828) | Primary | 100 m (1 minute on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Fairhaven Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairhaven-primary-school-e149822) | Primary | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), October 2021, before the school changed | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Glynne Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/glynne-primary-school-e103832) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ashwood Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashwood-park-primary-school-e103818) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), June 2024 | 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bromley Hills Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bromley-hills-primary-school-e103819) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Summerhill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/summerhill-school-e103854) | Secondary | 1.6 km (19 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 51.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Wordsley School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-wordsley-school-e151792) | Secondary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Concerns), next inspection graded, February 2024 | Attainment 8 of 36.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Brier School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-brier-school-e151763) | Special | 1.6 km (21 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), February 2023, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £280,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| May 2026 | £417,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| January 2026 | £255,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| November 2024 | £470,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| March 2025 | £190,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| February 2024 | £340,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| June 2023 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| March 2025 | £270,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE (570 m)
- Pharmacies: COUNTY PHARMACY (570 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (760 m); DENTAL SURGERY (800 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Lawnswood (90 m, Spar); Spar - Wordsley (550 m, Spar); Sainsburys Dudley Wordsley Local (600 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Stourbridge - Sandringham Place (770 m, The Co-operative Group)

## 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 021D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 6.0** (2025). Dudley 021D has a deprivation score of 6.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,946th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £244,975** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dudley 021D was £244,975 in 2025. Joint 10,953rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,337** (2021). Dudley 021D had 1,337 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,738th 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Dudley 021D, 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.

## 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: 52.4821, -2.1727

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

## Your MP

- [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), 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=-2.1727,52.4821,DY85LJ

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