DY7 postcode area guide — Dudley
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the DY7 postcode district in Dudley — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in DY7
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
77%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
53.7%
Gigabit-capable
53.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.4%
Broadband availability in the DY7 postcode district (Dudley) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 338 postcodes Ofcom measures in DY7, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 77% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 53.7%.
Around 0.4% of premises in DY7 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in DY7
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| DY7 5AA | 0% | 0% |
| DY7 5AB | 100% | 0% |
| DY7 5AD | 100% | 0% |
| DY7 5AE | 100% | 0% |
| DY7 5AF | 100% | 0% |
| DY7 5AG | 100% | 0% |
| DY7 5AH | 100% | 100% |
| DY7 5AJ | 75% | 75% |
| DY7 5AL | 0% | 0% |
| DY7 5AN | 71.4% | 71.4% |
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Mobile signal around Dudley
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Dudley district (149,339 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
95.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
96.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in DY7
Police recorded 17 incidents within about a mile of the centre of DY7 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 9 | 52.9% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 | 17.6% |
| Other theft | 2 | 11.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 11.8% |
| Public order | 1 | 5.9% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in DY7
Based on 81 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in DY7 is £383,000, down 1.8% on the previous year (£390,000).
Detached
£575,000
40 sales
Semi-detached
£310,000
20 sales
Terraced
£260,000
14 sales
Flat / maisonette
£150,000
6 sales
Latest recorded sales in DY7
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £280,000 | Semi-detached | White Hill | DY7 6AD |
| 20 May 2026 | £150,000 | Flat | Leaton Lane | DY7 5DE |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £670,000 | Detached | Compton | DY7 5NQ |
| 7 Apr 2026 | £350,000 | Terraced | Holly Close | DY7 6BP |
| 1 Apr 2026 | £882,500 | Detached | Horse Bridge Lane | DY7 6NX |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £249,000 | Semi-detached | Enville Road | DY7 6BN |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £495,000 | Detached | Stourton Crescent | DY7 6RR |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £417,500 | Terraced | Dark Lane | DY7 6NR |
| 26 Mar 2026 | £223,000 | Semi-detached | Foster Crescent | DY7 6EA |
| 26 Mar 2026 | £730,000 | Detached | Bridgnorth Road | DY7 5JF |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Dudley demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Dudley district (323,488 residents, 137,069 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18.9% |
| 15–29 | 22.5% |
| 30–44 | 18.3% |
| 45–64 | 19.9% |
| 65+ | 20.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.4% |
| Private rented | 14.1% |
| Social rented | 3.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around DY7
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinver High School and Sixth Form | Secondary | 11–18 | 801 | DY7 6AA |
| Brindley Heath Junior School Academy | Primary | 7–11 | 221 | DY7 6AA |
| Foley Infant School Academy | Primary | 3–7 | 161 | DY7 6EW |
| Corbett VA CofE Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 70 | DY7 5DU |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in DY7
67 rated food businesses operate in DY7. 59 hold the top rating of 5, 5 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Amelias Restaurant, Archies Attic, Baci Ristorante Italiano, Bay Tree Restaurant, Blakelands Country House.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in DY7
From a sample of 105 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 DY7 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 33% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
5%
Band C
28%
Band D
40%
Band E
19%
Band F
8%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Dudley
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.