Schools
99 open schools are in scope, including 69 primary and 12 secondary schools. St James Academy is the nearest published school at 575 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DY2 8PQ
St. James's · Dudley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- St. James's
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Dudley
- Postcode district
- DY2
- Postcode sector
- DY2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DY2 8PQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- DY
- Postcode district
- DY2
- Postcode sector
- DY2 8
- Latitude
- 52.509425
- Longitude
- -2.083743
- British National Grid easting
- 394,413
- British National Grid northing
- 290,172
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Dudley · E08000027
- Electoral ward
- St. James's · E05015922
- Parish or community
- E43000181
- Westminster constituency
- Dudley · E14001204
- Output area
- E00181876
- Lower layer super output area
- Dudley 015C · E01009889
- Middle layer super output area
- Dudley 015 · E02002014
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DY2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 99
- Primary
- 69
- Secondary
- 12
- 575 m
St James Academy
Academy converter
- 581 m
Dudley College of Technology
Further education
- 701 m
Blowers Green Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,647
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,919
- Shoplifting 495
- Criminal damage and arson 409
- Vehicle crime 361
- Public order 314
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DY2 8 residents
- 8,482
Age bands in DY2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 23.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.8%
1,938 residents
1,166 residents
2,434 residents
1,716 residents
879 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
36
within 5 km straight-line
LIMESTONE SURGERY
CROSS STREET, DUDLEY, DY1 1RN
ODS code M87025
383 m
STEPPINGSTONES MEDICAL PRACTICE
STAFFORD STREET, DUDLEY, DY1 1RT
ODS code M87017
465 m
CENTRAL CLINIC
HALL STREET, DUDLEY, DY2 7BX
ODS code M87605
564 m
BEAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 BEAN ROAD, DUDLEY, DY2 8TH
ODS code M87036
661 m
EVE HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
29-53 HIMLEY ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2QD
ODS code M87006
968 m
ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE1
MALTHOUSE DRIVE, DUDLEY, DY1 2BY
ODS code M87612
1.1 km
ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE2
MALTHOUSE DRIVE, DUDLEY, DY1 2BY
ODS code M87026
1.1 km
WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE
19 WALFORD STREET, TIVIDALE, OLDBURY, B69 2LD
ODS code M88618
1.7 km
KEELINGE HOUSE
176 STOURBRIDGE ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2ER
ODS code M87601
1.9 km
BLACK COUNTRY FAMILY PRACTICE
NEPTUNE HEALTH PARK, SEDGLEY ROAD WEST, TIPTON, DY4 8PX
ODS code M88013
2.3 km
THE VICTORIA SURGERY
VICTORIA ROAD, TIPTON, DY4 8SS
ODS code M88600
2.4 km
ANCHOR MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87028
2.4 km
LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87617
2.4 km
THE GREENS HEALTH CENTRE
100 MAPLE GREEN, DUDLEY, DY1 3QZ
ODS code M87012
2.4 km
CASTLE MEADOWS SURGERY
100 MILKING BANK, DUDLEY, DY1 2TY
ODS code M87620
2.5 km
TANDON MEDICAL CENTRE (ORAM & PARTNERS)
KENT STREET, DUDLEY, DY3 1UX
ODS code M87013
3.0 km
LOWER GORNAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWER GORNAL HEALTH CENTRE, BULL STREET, GORNAL WOOD, DUDLEY, DY3 2NQ
ODS code M87015
3.4 km
WOODSETTON MEDICAL CENTRE
40 BOURNE STREET, WOODSETTON, DUDLEY, DY3 1AF
ODS code M87016
3.4 km
DUDLEY WOOD SURGERY
10 QUARRY ROAD, DUDLEY WOOD, DUDLEY, DY2 0EF
ODS code Y02212
3.6 km
COSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
32-34 AVENUE ROAD, COSELEY, BILSTON, WV14 9DJ
ODS code M87021
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 36 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Flood Street
BCT · Dudley
- 0.1 miles
Flood Street
BCT · Dudley
- 0.1 miles
Flood Street
BCT · Dudley
- 0.1 miles
King Street
BCT · Dudley
- 0.1 miles
Stone Street
BCT · Dudley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 015C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
2 of 10
Overall England rank
3,490 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,647 published events cover 12 months, averaging 387.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,919 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.