WOLVERHAMPTON STREET, DY1 1DU House Prices & Local Information

DY1 1DU is an up-and-coming urban area on Wolverhampton Street, 0.5km from Old Dock in Dudley (Dudley). Administratively it sits within St James's ward and the Dudley North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DY1 1DU is a busy family neighbourhood — lots of children, diverse backgrounds. The daytime character shifts — urban high streets with mixed ethnicity and businesses. An average age of 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 33% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 49% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Dudley.

Safety: Crime rates are high (191 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for DY1 1DU are sourced from Output Area E00171361 (shared with 76 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.