Property market
The five-year median is £245,000 from 4,160 recorded sales in DY8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Dudley is £230,781 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.
DY8
UK postcode district
Part of Stourbridge
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,727
- Current units
- 1,199
- Coordinate coverage
- 98%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 528
Postcode sectors in DY8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
27,488 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 125, Elmwood Road, Stourbridge, DY8 5JU | 27 July 2026 | £252,000 |
| 13, Junction Road, Stourbridge, DY8 1JU | 13 July 2026 | £180,000 |
| 17, Marshall Crescent, Stourbridge, DY8 5TA | 10 July 2026 | £360,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 21
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 6
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,966
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,309
- Shoplifting 397
- Vehicle crime 234
- Criminal damage and arson 211
- Other theft 173
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DY8 usual residents
- 50,930
- Age-profile population
- 51,063
Age bands in DY8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- 8,084 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- 4,955 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.9%
- 12,188 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- 13,875 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 23.4%
- 11,961 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,162 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,139 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,035 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
LION HEALTH
2 LOWNDES ROAD, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3SS
ODS code M87011
THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHSCC, JOHN CORBETT DRIVE, AMBLECOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 4HZ
ODS code M87005
WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE
WORDSLEY GREEN, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 5PD
ODS code M87023
Evidence in context
Schools
21 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 6 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,966 published events cover 12 months, averaging 247 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,309 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.