# Kingswinford

Town in Dudley, West Midlands.

Kingswinford is a town in Dudley, West Midlands. Median sale price £260,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 54.9 per 1,000 people. About 53,004 people.

Town. Code E63002884. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley)

Kingswinford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kingswinford add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £260,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kingswinford was £260,000 in 2025. Joint 512th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswinford#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 51,900** (2021). Kingswinford had 51,900 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 206th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/kingswinford#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 62%** (2022). About 62% of people in Kingswinford 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/town/kingswinford#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.0%** (January 2026). In Kingswinford, 98.0% 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/town/kingswinford#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002884) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 62% of people in Kingswinford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63002884) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 752 homes were sold in Kingswinford in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002884) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Kingswinford.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002884) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Kingswinford had 51,900 usual residents at the census.

## How Kingswinford compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Kingswinford | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £260,000 | joint 33rd most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 51,900 | 26th most populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 62% | joint 38th most people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.0% | joint 13th highest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Kingswinford safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kingswinford at a rate of 54.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 241 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kingswinford.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,173), shoplifting (475) and other crime (433).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Kingswinford was 56.8 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 Kingswinford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Kingswinford has no single figure. Of its 35 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Kingswinford

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dudley 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009816) | 1,662 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| [Dudley 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009817) | 1,250 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Dudley 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009819) | 1,495 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.5% |
| [Dudley 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009820) | 1,497 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| [Dudley 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009748) | 1,658 | 166.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Dudley 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009814) | 1,284 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Dudley 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009815) | 1,274 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Dudley 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009818) | 1,226 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009821) | 1,303 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Dudley 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009822) | 1,487 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Dudley 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009749) | 2,372 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| [Dudley 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009750) | 1,485 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009823) | 1,303 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.1% |
| [Dudley 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009824) | 1,897 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.3% |
| [Dudley 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009751) | 1,513 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009752) | 1,642 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| [Dudley 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009753) | 1,593 | 126.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Dudley 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009825) | 1,438 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009826) | 1,428 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| [Dudley 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009827) | 1,624 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009828) | 1,291 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009829) | 1,492 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Dudley 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009830) | 1,658 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009911) | 1,231 | 12.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Dudley 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009912) | 2,022 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| [Dudley 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/neighbourhood/e01009913) | 1,526 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.4% |
| [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 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% |

## 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.

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Kingswinford

[DY5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy5), [DY6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy6), [DY8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy8)

## Middle areas in Kingswinford

[Ashwood](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/ashwood), [Brockmoor & Woodside](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/brockmoor-and-woodside), [Hawbush](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/hawbush), [Kingswinford North](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/kingswinford-north), [Kingswinford South](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/kingswinford-south), [Pensett & Kingswinford East](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/pensett-and-kingswinford-east), [Wall Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/wall-heath), [Wordsley & Buckpool](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley/wordsley-and-buckpool)

## Towns near Kingswinford

[Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dudley), [Brierley Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierley-hill), [Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourbridge), [Sedgley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sedgley), [Wombourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombourne), [Coseley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coseley)

## Kingswinford in brief

Kingswinford is a town in Dudley, West Midlands.
About 53,004 people lived in Kingswinford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 752 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Kingswinford was £260,000 in 2025.
Kingswinford had 51,900 usual residents at the census.
About 62% of people in Kingswinford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kingswinford, 98.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63002884
- Constituency: [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire)
- Council: [Dudley †](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 12.99 km²
- People, mid-2024: 53,004*
- Neighbourhoods: 35
- Output areas: 171

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourbridge), [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dudley), [Brierley Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierley-hill), [Sedgley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sedgley), [Wombourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombourne), [Coseley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coseley)

## Latest updates for Kingswinford

- 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/E63002884

## How to cite

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