B63
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Halesowen, Hasbury and Cradley, in Dudley.
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 B63 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in B63 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B63 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B63 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B63 at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 182 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B63.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (988), other crime (374) and criminal damage and arson (219).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B63 was 66.0 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 B63, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B63 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B63
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley 032C | 1,531 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| Dudley 032D | 1,439 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.9% |
| Dudley 033A | 1,695 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Dudley 033B | 1,585 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 033C | 1,640 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Dudley 033D | 1,848 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Dudley 033E | 1,951 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.3% |
| Dudley 033F | 1,495 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Dudley 034A | 1,580 | 193.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Dudley 034B | 1,649 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Dudley 034C | 1,386 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| Dudley 034D | 1,519 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| Dudley 034E | 1,683 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 039A | 1,865 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Dudley 039B | 1,849 | 207.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| Dudley 039C | 1,532 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 039D | 1,457 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Dudley 039E | 1,443 | 102.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
| Dudley 039F | 1,469 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Dudley 043A | 1,871 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Dudley 043B | 1,360 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.2% |
| Dudley 043C | 1,803 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Dudley 043D | 1,482 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Dudley 043E | 1,511 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
Your MP
- Alex BallingerLabourMP for Halesowen
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in B635
Postcode sectors in B634
Council1
Towns in B631
Postcode districts next to B634
Nearest rail stations4
More in the B postcode area2
B63 in brief
B63 is a postcode district covering Halesowen, Hasbury and Cradley, in Dudley.
About 37,675 people lived in B63 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £248,000 in 2025 across 511 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B63 was £248,000 in 2025.
B63 had 37,254 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in B63 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B63, 97.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.