MARKET STREET, DY8 1AG House Prices & Local Information

DY8 1AG is an up-and-coming urban area on Market Street, 0.3km from Stourbridge in Stourbridge. Administratively it sits within Wollaston and Stourbridge Town ward and the Stourbridge constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DY8 1AG is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. This is a settled, family-oriented neighbourhood (average age 55) — stable, lower-turnover, predominantly owner-occupied. 39% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 115 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: With prices averaging £130k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 36.1% year-on-year. 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 DY8 1AG are sourced from Output Area E00050102 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.