Schools
71 open schools are in scope, including 45 primary and 13 secondary schools. Pens Meadow School is the nearest published school at 705 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DY6 8XL
Kingswinford South · Dudley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Kingswinford South
- Local authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Postcode district
- DY6
- Postcode sector
- DY6 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DY6 8XL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- DY
- Postcode district
- DY6
- Postcode sector
- DY6 8
- Latitude
- 52.498829
- Longitude
- -2.145781
- British National Grid easting
- 390,200
- British National Grid northing
- 289,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Dudley · E08000027
- Electoral ward
- Kingswinford South · E05015915
- Parish or community
- E43000181
- Westminster constituency
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire · E14001316
- Output area
- E00049695
- Lower layer super output area
- Dudley 016C · E01009823
- Middle layer super output area
- Dudley 016 · E02002015
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 DY6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 71
- Primary
- 45
- Secondary
- 13
- 705 m
Pens Meadow School
Community special school
- 725 m
Crestwood Park Primary School
Community school
- 897 m
The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,767
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 709
- Shoplifting 262
- Vehicle crime 162
- Criminal damage and arson 147
- Other theft 100
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DY6 8 residents
- 10,832
Age bands in DY6 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.6%
1,515 residents
1,090 residents
2,254 residents
2,894 residents
2,534 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
30
within 5 km straight-line
KINGSWINFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
KINGSWINFORD HEALTH CENTRE, STANDHILLS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8DN
ODS code M87008
990 m
RANGEWAYS ROAD SURGERY
33 RANGEWAYS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8PN
ODS code M87041
1.3 km
MOSS GROVE SURGERY
15 MOSS GROVE, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9HS
ODS code M87003
1.6 km
THE SUMMERHILL SURGERY
SUMMERHILL, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9JG
ODS code M87018
1.8 km
LOWER GORNAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
LOWER GORNAL HEALTH CENTRE, BULL STREET, GORNAL WOOD, DUDLEY, DY3 2NQ
ODS code M87015
2.1 km
WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE
WORDSLEY GREEN, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 5PD
ODS code M87023
2.4 km
AW SURGERIES
ALBION HOUSE, ALBION STREET, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3EE
ODS code M87009
2.5 km
KEELINGE HOUSE
176 STOURBRIDGE ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2ER
ODS code M87601
2.6 km
CASTLE MEADOWS SURGERY
100 MILKING BANK, DUDLEY, DY1 2TY
ODS code M87620
2.6 km
HIGH OAK SURGERY
B/HILL H & S CARE CENTRE, VENTURE WAY, PENSNETT, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU
ODS code Y02653
2.7 km
THE WATERFRONT SURGERY
BRIERLEY HILL HSCC, VENTURE WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU
ODS code M87010
2.7 km
QUINCY RISE SURGERY
30 SANDRINGHAM WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3JR
ODS code M87618
3.7 km
EVE HILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
29-53 HIMLEY ROAD, DUDLEY, DY1 2QD
ODS code M87006
3.7 km
ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE1
MALTHOUSE DRIVE, DUDLEY, DY1 2BY
ODS code M87612
3.7 km
ST JAMES MEDICAL PRACTICE2
MALTHOUSE DRIVE, DUDLEY, DY1 2BY
ODS code M87026
3.7 km
THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHSCC, JOHN CORBETT DRIVE, AMBLECOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 4HZ
ODS code M87005
3.8 km
TANDON MEDICAL CENTRE (ORAM & PARTNERS)
KENT STREET, DUDLEY, DY3 1UX
ODS code M87013
3.8 km
THORNS ROAD SURGERY
43 THORNS ROAD, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2JS
ODS code M87638
3.9 km
STEPPINGSTONES MEDICAL PRACTICE
STAFFORD STREET, DUDLEY, DY1 1RT
ODS code M87017
3.9 km
LIMESTONE SURGERY
CROSS STREET, DUDLEY, DY1 1RN
ODS code M87025
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Gibbons Lane
BCT · Tansey Green
- 0.2 miles
Gibbons Lane
BCT · Tansey Green
- 0.3 miles
Dandy Bank Road
BCT · Tansey Green
- 0.3 miles
Dandy Bank Road
BCT · Tansey Green
- 0.3 miles
Baird House
BCT · Tansey Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 016C, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
29,700 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
1,767 published events cover 12 months, averaging 147.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 709 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.