Schools
89 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 15 secondary schools. Thorns Primary School is the nearest published school at 359 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DY5 2HY
Amblecote · Dudley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Amblecote
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Postcode district
- DY5
- Postcode sector
- DY5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DY5 2HY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- DY
- Postcode district
- DY5
- Postcode sector
- DY5 2
- Latitude
- 52.470098
- Longitude
- -2.111828
- British National Grid easting
- 392,500
- British National Grid northing
- 285,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Dudley · E08000027
- Electoral ward
- Amblecote · E05015903
- Parish or community
- E43000181
- Westminster constituency
- Stourbridge · E14001524
- Output area
- E00049222
- Lower layer super output area
- Dudley 027E · E01009729
- Middle layer super output area
- Dudley 027 · E02002026
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 DY5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 89
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 15
- 359 m
Thorns Primary School
Academy converter
- 399 m
Mount Pleasant Primary School
Community school
- 429 m
Thorns Collegiate Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,116
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,099
- Shoplifting 657
- Criminal damage and arson 231
- Vehicle crime 187
- Other theft 182
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DY5 2 residents
- 13,631
Age bands in DY5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.8%
2,072 residents
1,476 residents
3,320 residents
3,674 residents
2,770 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
32
within 5 km straight-line
THORNS ROAD SURGERY
43 THORNS ROAD, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2JS
ODS code M87638
274 m
QUARRY BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
165 HIGH STREET, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2AE
ODS code M87027
672 m
QUINCY RISE SURGERY
30 SANDRINGHAM WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3JR
ODS code M87618
1.2 km
HIGH OAK SURGERY
B/HILL H & S CARE CENTRE, VENTURE WAY, PENSNETT, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU
ODS code Y02653
1.4 km
THE WATERFRONT SURGERY
BRIERLEY HILL HSCC, VENTURE WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU
ODS code M87010
1.4 km
THE LIMES SURGERY MEDICAL CENTRE
172 HIGH STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8LL
ODS code M87019
1.5 km
AW SURGERIES
ALBION HOUSE, ALBION STREET, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3EE
ODS code M87009
1.5 km
PEDMORE MEDICAL PRACTICE
22 PEDMORE ROAD, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8DJ
ODS code M87030
1.5 km
CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
87 CHAPEL STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8BT
ODS code M87628
1.5 km
DUDLEY WOOD SURGERY
10 QUARRY ROAD, DUDLEY WOOD, DUDLEY, DY2 0EF
ODS code Y02212
1.6 km
THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHSCC, JOHN CORBETT DRIVE, AMBLECOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 4HZ
ODS code M87005
2.6 km
HADEN VALE SURGERY
50 BARRS ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 7HG
ODS code M88043
2.6 km
ANCHOR MEDICAL PRACTICE
HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87028
3.0 km
LINKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
NETHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, HALESOWEN ROAD, NETHERTON, DUDLEY, DY2 9PU
ODS code M87617
3.0 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
239 HALESOWEN ROAD, WARLEY, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JE
ODS code M88030
3.1 km
WYCHBURY MEDICAL GROUP
121 OAKFIELD ROAD, WOLLESCOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 9DS
ODS code M87024
3.2 km
OLD HILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIEST HOUSE, PRIEST STREET, CRADLEY HEATH, B64 6JN
ODS code M88016
3.2 km
RANGEWAYS ROAD SURGERY
33 RANGEWAYS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8PN
ODS code M87041
3.2 km
LION HEALTH
2 LOWNDES ROAD, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3SS
ODS code M87011
3.2 km
KEELINGE HOUSE
176 STOURBRIDGE ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2ER
ODS code M87601
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 32 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Stevens Park
BCT · Quarry Bank
- 0.1 miles
Stevens Park
BCT · Quarry Bank
- 0.2 miles
Mount Pleasant
BCT · Quarry Bank
- 0.2 miles
Mount Pleasant
BCT · Quarry Bank
- 0.2 miles
Thorns Primary School
BCT · Lye
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 027E, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,062 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
3,116 published events cover 12 months, averaging 259.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,099 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.