# DY8

Postcode district covering Stourbridge, Wordsley and Amblecote, in Dudley.

DY8 is a postcode district covering Stourbridge, Wordsley and Amblecote, in Dudley. Median sale price £265,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 59.0 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code DY8. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [DY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DY8 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=DY8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 44% of people in DY8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=DY8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 807 homes were sold in DY8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=DY8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DY8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=DY8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DY8 had 51,050 usual residents at the census.

## How DY8 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | DY8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £265,000 | 6th most expensive | 14 postcode districts, DY · 2025 |
| Population | 51,050 | most populated | 14 postcode districts, DY · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 44% | 3rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 14 postcode districts, DY · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.0% | 6th highest | 14 postcode districts, DY · Jan 2026 |

## Is DY8 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY8 at a rate of 59.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across the DY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 293 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,317), other crime (469) and shoplifting (425).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY8 was 61.9 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in DY8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY8 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in DY8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dudley 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009829) | 1,492 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Dudley 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009912) | 2,022 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| [Dudley 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009914) | 1,337 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009915) | 1,684 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| [Dudley 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009916) | 1,686 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009731) | 1,595 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| [Dudley 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009742) | 1,580 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 023E](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009745) | 1,714 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| [Dudley 024A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009917) | 1,186 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 024B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009918) | 1,430 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Dudley 024C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009919) | 1,138 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Dudley 024D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009920) | 1,604 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| [Dudley 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009903) | 1,400 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| [Dudley 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009904) | 1,363 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.9% |
| [Dudley 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009909) | 1,422 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009910) | 1,547 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009721) | 2,384 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.9% |
| [Dudley 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009725) | 1,510 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009726) | 1,265 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 035A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009856) | 2,018 | 255.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.1% |
| [Dudley 035B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009905) | 1,426 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| [Dudley 035C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009906) | 1,696 | 141.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.5% |
| [Dudley 035D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009907) | 1,457 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| [Dudley 035E](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009908) | 1,571 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| [Dudley 038A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009847) | 1,477 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009848) | 1,358 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009849) | 1,590 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 038D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009851) | 1,498 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Dudley 040C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009858) | 1,477 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.8% |
| [Dudley 041A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009845) | 1,548 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| [Dudley 041B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009846) | 1,496 | 13.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| [Dudley 041C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009850) | 1,477 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| [Dudley 041D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009852) | 1,410 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |

## Your MP

- [Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stourbridge): Cat Eccles (Labour), MP since July 2024. 80% of the people here.
- [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 18% of the people here.
- [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bromsgrove): Bradley Thomas (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 1.8% of the people here.
- [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wyre-forest): Mark Garnier (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in DY8

[Amblecote West & Stambermill](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/amblecote-west-and-stambermill), [Ashwood](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/ashwood), [Hawbush](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/hawbush), [Norton North](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/norton-north), [Norton South](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/norton-south), [Stourbridge Town & Old Quarter](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/stourbridge-town-and-old-quarter), [Wollaston](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/wollaston), [Wordsley & Buckpool](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/wordsley-and-buckpool)

## Postcode sectors in DY8

[DY8 1 (210 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-1), [DY8 2 (152 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-2), [DY8 3 (244 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-3), [DY8 4 (297 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-4), [DY8 5 (270 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-5), [DY8 9 (26 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8-9)

## Council

[Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley)

## Towns in DY8

[Kingswinford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswinford), [Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourbridge)

## Postcode districts next to DY8

[DY5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy5), [DY6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy6), [DY7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy7), [DY9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy9), [DY10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy10)

## Nearest rail stations

[Stourbridge Town (950 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1418,52.4556), [Stourbridge Junction (1.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1339,52.4475), [Lye (West Midlands) (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1159,52.4599), [Hagley (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.1464,52.4225)

## More in the DY postcode area

[All DY postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## DY8 in brief

DY8 is a postcode district covering Stourbridge, Wordsley and Amblecote, in Dudley.
About 51,520 people lived in DY8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,000 in 2025 across 807 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY8 was £265,000 in 2025.
DY8 had 51,050 usual residents at the census.
About 44% of people in DY8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DY8, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DY8
- Postcode area: [DY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy)
- Constituency: [Stourbridge †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stourbridge)
- Council: [Dudley †](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley)
- Area: 15.52 km²
- People, mid-2024: 51,520*
- Neighbourhoods: 33
- Output areas: 169

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[DY9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy9), [DY7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy7), [DY5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy5), [DY6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy6), [DY10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy10)

## Latest updates for DY8

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/DY8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8#f-house-sales-median-price.

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