Sedgley
Sedgley is covered by postcode districts DY1, DY3, DY5, WV4 and WV14. It is mostly in the Dudley council area: 688 of its 693 postcodes. The others are in Wolverhampton.
Every postcode in Sedgley, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 2
- In use before 2020: 691
Of the 693 postcodes in Sedgley that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 691 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5310, longitude -2.1262. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 2 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Sedgley?
Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.8% on the 12 months before. At 666 of the 692 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 693 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Coseley, 3.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Sedgley?
Homes in Sedgley sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 287 sales, down 2.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £345,000 65 sales
- Semi-detached £239,950 127 sales
- Terraced £210,000 79 sales
- Flat or maisonette £121,500 16 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole DY3 district, Sedgley's main postcode district: a typical £245,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sedgley: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Sedgley?
2 of the 693 postcodes now in use in Sedgley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 387 homes sold in Sedgley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DY3 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Sedgley | Across the DY3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 287 (0%) | 0 of 324 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 387 (0%) | 0 of 425 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Sedgley?
Ofcom reports on 692 of the 693 postcodes in Sedgley. At 666 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sedgley at risk of flooding?
5 of the 693 postcodes in Sedgley have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Sedgley?
The open schools at the postcodes in Sedgley. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Cotwall End Primary School600 m 415 pupils, 420 places
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School750 m 238 pupils, 210 places
- Roberts Primary School1.1 km 626 pupils, 669 places
- Straits Primary School1.1 km 410 pupils, 420 places
- Queen Victoria Primary School1.4 km 449 pupils, 655 places
- Red Hall Primary School1.5 km 429 pupils, 408 places
- Alder Coppice Primary School1.6 km 351 pupils, 435 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Sedgley?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sedgley is Coseley Rail Station, 3.1 km away in a straight line.
- Coseley Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
- Tipton Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
- Dudley Port Rail Station Railway station 5.2 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Sedgley?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Sedgley. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Ridgeway Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2026 · Phone 01902 886500 650 mWalk
- Tandon Medical Centre (Oram & Partners) Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0121 557 2027 800 mWalk
- Lower Gornal Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report August 2025 · Phone 01384 889410 1.7 kmCycle
- Northway Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 01902 885180 1.9 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sedgley safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,785 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sedgley over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 182 September 2025
- 169 October 2025
- 139 November 2025
- 142 December 2025
- 138 January 2026
- 135 February 2026
- 159 March 2026
- 146 April 2026
- 125 May 2026
- 160 June 2026
- 149 July 2026
- 141 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 37, drugs 36, possession of weapons 35, robbery 22, theft from the person 8, bicycle theft 3.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Sedgley?
- Councils
- Dudley (688) and Wolverhampton (5)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Dudley (688) and Wolverhampton South East (5)
- Police force area
- West Midlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Sedgley
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Sedgley is in Dudley; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Dudley about council tax Council tax, on dudley.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Sedgley
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Sedgley postcodes
693 postcodes in use in Sedgley, by district:
Those districts are in the DY postcode area and WV postcode area.
Check a Sedgley postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Sedgley
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sedgley's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Sedgley
- What is it like to live in Sedgley?
- Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.8% on the 12 months before. At 666 of the 692 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 693 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Coseley, 3.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Sedgley?
- Sedgley is covered by postcode districts DY1, DY3, DY5, WV4 and WV14, across 693 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Sedgley?
- Homes in Sedgley sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 287 sales, down 2.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Sedgley?
- In Sedgley, primary schools at its postcodes include Cotwall End Primary School, St Chad's Catholic Primary School and Roberts Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ellowes Hall Sports College and The Dormston School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Sedgley have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sedgley is Coseley, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Sedgley?
- Ofcom reports on 692 of the 693 postcodes in Sedgley. At 666 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Sedgley at risk of flooding?
- 5 of the 693 postcodes in Sedgley have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Sedgley?
- 2 of the 693 postcodes now in use in Sedgley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 387 homes sold in Sedgley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DY3 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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