DY8 1BW House Prices & Local Information

DY8 1BW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 0.5km from Stourbridge in Stourbridge. Administratively it sits within Wollaston and Stourbridge Town ward and the Stourbridge constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DY8 1BW 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 is moderate at 89 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. 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 1BW are sourced from Output Area E00050102 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.