Schools
53 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 12 secondary schools. Ridgewood High School is the nearest published school at 382 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DY8 4SG
Wollaston & Stourbridge Town · Dudley · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Dudley
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Postcode district
- DY8
- Postcode sector
- DY8 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DY8 4SG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 October 2004
- Postcode area
- DY
- Postcode district
- DY8
- Postcode sector
- DY8 4
- Latitude
- 52.461339
- Longitude
- -2.173165
- British National Grid easting
- 388,331
- British National Grid northing
- 284,834
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Dudley · E08000027
- Electoral ward
- Wollaston & Stourbridge Town · E05015925
- Parish or community
- E43000181
- Westminster constituency
- Stourbridge · E14001524
- Output area
- E00050130
- Lower layer super output area
- Dudley 029A · E01009903
- Middle layer super output area
- Dudley 029 · E02002028
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 DY8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 53
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 12
- 382 m
Ridgewood High School
Academy converter
- 563 m
The Ridge Primary School
Community school
- 641 m
St James's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 975
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 453
- Shoplifting 122
- Vehicle crime 75
- Criminal damage and arson 57
- Other theft 53
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DY8 4 residents
- 14,119
Age bands in DY8 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.9%
2,356 residents
1,370 residents
3,629 residents
3,796 residents
2,952 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
18
within 5 km straight-line
LION HEALTH
2 LOWNDES ROAD, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 3SS
ODS code M87011
1.1 km
THREE VILLAGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
SHSCC, JOHN CORBETT DRIVE, AMBLECOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 4HZ
ODS code M87005
1.7 km
WORDSLEY GREEN HEALTH CENTRE
WORDSLEY GREEN, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 5PD
ODS code M87023
2.2 km
QUINCY RISE SURGERY
30 SANDRINGHAM WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3JR
ODS code M87618
3.0 km
RANGEWAYS ROAD SURGERY
33 RANGEWAYS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8PN
ODS code M87041
3.3 km
PEDMORE MEDICAL PRACTICE
22 PEDMORE ROAD, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8DJ
ODS code M87030
3.8 km
THE SUMMERHILL SURGERY
SUMMERHILL, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9JG
ODS code M87018
3.9 km
CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
87 CHAPEL STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8BT
ODS code M87628
4.0 km
THE LIMES SURGERY MEDICAL CENTRE
172 HIGH STREET, LYE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 8LL
ODS code M87019
4.1 km
AW SURGERIES
ALBION HOUSE, ALBION STREET, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 3EE
ODS code M87009
4.1 km
MOSS GROVE SURGERY
15 MOSS GROVE, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 9HS
ODS code M87003
4.2 km
KINGSWINFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
KINGSWINFORD HEALTH CENTRE, STANDHILLS ROAD, KINGSWINFORD, DY6 8DN
ODS code M87008
4.2 km
HIGH OAK SURGERY
B/HILL H & S CARE CENTRE, VENTURE WAY, PENSNETT, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU
ODS code Y02653
4.4 km
THE WATERFRONT SURGERY
BRIERLEY HILL HSCC, VENTURE WAY, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 1RU
ODS code M87010
4.4 km
THORNS ROAD SURGERY
43 THORNS ROAD, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2JS
ODS code M87638
4.5 km
WYCHBURY MEDICAL GROUP
121 OAKFIELD ROAD, WOLLESCOTE, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 9DS
ODS code M87024
4.8 km
HAGLEY SURGERY
1 VICTORIA PASSAGE, HAGLEY, STOURBRIDGE, DY9 0NH
ODS code M81027
4.9 km
QUARRY BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
165 HIGH STREET, QUARRY BANK, BRIERLEY HILL, DY5 2AE
ODS code M87027
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Vicarage Road
BCT · Wollaston
- 0.2 miles
Vicarage Road
BCT · Wollaston
- 0.2 miles
Hyperion Road
BCT · Wollaston
- 0.2 miles
Hyperion Road
BCT · Wollaston
- 0.2 miles
Bridgnorth Road
BCT · Wollaston
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dudley 029A, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,747 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
975 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 453 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.