DY8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stourbridge, Wordsley and Amblecote, 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 DY8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
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.
How DY8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
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
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DY8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley 019E | 1,492 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Dudley 021B | 2,022 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Dudley 021D | 1,337 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 021E | 1,684 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Dudley 021F | 1,686 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 023A | 1,595 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Dudley 023C | 1,580 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 023E | 1,714 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| Dudley 024A | 1,186 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 024B | 1,430 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 024C | 1,138 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 024D | 1,604 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Dudley 029A | 1,400 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Dudley 029B | 1,363 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.9% |
| Dudley 029C | 1,422 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 029D | 1,547 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 031A | 2,384 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.9% |
| Dudley 031B | 1,510 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 031C | 1,265 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 035A | 2,018 | 255.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.1% |
| Dudley 035B | 1,426 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Dudley 035C | 1,696 | 141.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.5% |
| Dudley 035D | 1,457 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| Dudley 035E | 1,571 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| Dudley 038A | 1,477 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 038B | 1,358 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 038C | 1,590 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 038D | 1,498 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 040C | 1,477 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.8% |
| Dudley 041A | 1,548 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| Dudley 041B | 1,496 | 13.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Dudley 041C | 1,477 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| Dudley 041D | 1,410 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
MPs for DY8
- Cat EcclesLabourMP for Stourbridge80% of DY8’s postcodes
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire18% of DY8’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove1.8% of DY8’s postcodes
- Mark GarnierConservativeMP for Wyre Forest0.1% of DY8’s postcodes
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 DY88
Postcode sectors in DY86
Council1
Towns in DY82
Postcode districts next to DY85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DY postcode area2
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.