NORMAN DRIVE, DY4 0BF House Prices & Local Information

DY4 0BF is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Norman Drive, 0.1km from Ocker Hill in Tipton. Administratively it sits within Princes End ward and the West Bromwich West constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DY4 0BF is a diverse suburb with younger adults and first-time buyers, good starter homes. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. The 32 average age reflects a thriving young professional community — a good mix of renters and first-time buyers, with strong employment rates. 47% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 38 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £208k. 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 DY4 0BF are sourced from Output Area E00177452 (shared with 13 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.