New Dock & Eve Hill

Dudley · West Midlands · population 8,526 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

10Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,195 of 6,856 in England
  • #620 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #39 of 43 in Dudley
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,373
Median age (est.)36
Density4,004per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above24%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 13%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 30%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 41%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 41%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Professional 15% · Process & plant 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Professional15%
Process & plant13%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 54%Asian: 28%Black: 11%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 54%Asian 28%Black 11%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · No religion 26% · Muslim 20%

Born outside the UK: 26%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

New Dock & Eve Hill is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,195 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #39 of 43 in Dudley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (68) but weak on Employment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £164,250 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 50 sales), 32% below the wider Dudley median of £241,250. Typical household take-home income is around £29,830 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 146 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 9 · #6,216
Employment 6 · #6,469
Education 13 · #5,969
Health 16 · #5,791
Crime 15 · #5,852
Housing & access 68 · #2,219
Living environment 22 · #5,345

House prices ?

£164,250median (12m) · +6.0% yr · n=50
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£164,25050+6.0%+21.7%
Detached£289,9509-11.4%0.0%
Semi-detached£210,00016+16.7%+50.0%
Terraced£142,50016-2.4%+10.1%
Flat£115,0009-8.0%+45.6%
This area£164,250
Dudley£241,250
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£29,830±£4,237 · #6,433 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,128
Price-to-income ?5.5×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

27Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

146 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,242 offences
Dudley78
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,867 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences576
Theft157
Burglary69
Vehicle crime110
Criminal damage & arson107
Public order & weapons117
Drugs37
Robbery37
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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