CASTLE HILL, DY1 4QQ House Prices & Local Information

DY1 4QQ is an up-and-coming urban area on Castle Hill, 0.5km from Burnt Tree in Dudley (Dudley). Administratively it sits within St Thomas's ward and the Dudley North constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DY1 4QQ is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. The daytime character shifts — urban high streets with mixed ethnicity and businesses. An average age of 34 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 26% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 62% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Dudley. Full-time employment stands at 21% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 129 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. 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 4QQ are sourced from Output Area E00050036 (shared with 38 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.