Oldswinford & Pedmore

Dudley · West Midlands · population 6,162 · 4 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,979 of 6,856 in England
  • #176 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #12 of 43 in Dudley
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,207
Median age (est.)46
Density3,705per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above38%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 11%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 33% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Oldswinford & Pedmore is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,979 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 43 in Dudley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (88) and lowest on Living environment (40). Typical homes here sold for about £295,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 83 sales), 22% above the wider Dudley median of £241,250. Typical household take-home income is around £41,785 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 61 · #2,665
Employment 62 · #2,617
Education 60 · #2,706
Health 70 · #2,075
Crime 86 · #958
Housing & access 88 · #814
Living environment 40 · #4,104

House prices ?

£295,000median (12m) · +0.9% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,00083+0.9%+14.3%
Detached£500,00029+4.0%+29.0%
Semi-detached£311,25020-9.8%+20.6%
Terraced£217,50016-2.2%+6.1%
Flat£157,50018+2.6%+16.7%
This area£295,000
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)£41,785±£5,945 · #2,912 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,406
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 289 offences
Dudley78
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,861 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences140
Theft32
Burglary21
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons19
Drugs10
Robbery2
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 14 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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