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On Gads Green Crescent, in Dixons Green
What it's like at DY2 8DA: every home that has sold on Gads Green Crescent since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Gads Green Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 16 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Gads Green CrescentTerraced | Feb 2024 | £190,000 | 101 m² | £1,881/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Gads Green CrescentTerraced | Nov 2003 | £90,000 | 149 m² | £604/m² | 1 |
| 7, Gads Green CrescentTerraced | Aug 1996 | £48,500 | 92 m² | £527/m² | 1 |
| 8, Gads Green CrescentFlat | Dec 2015 | £58,000 | 68 m² | £853/m² | 4 |
| 9, Gads Green CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 1997 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Gads Green CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £140,000 | 104 m² | £1,346/m² | 1 |
| 12, Gads Green CrescentFlat | Sept 2015 | £55,000 | 75 m² | £733/m² | 5 |
| 13, Gads Green CrescentSemi-detached | May 1996 | £45,000 | 100 m² | £450/m² | 1 |
| 17, Gads Green CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £110,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Gads Green CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £110,000 | 87 m² | £1,264/m² | 1 |
| 24, Gads Green CrescentFlat | Mar 2022 | £85,500 | 66 m² | £1,295/m² | 1 |
| 25, Gads Green CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £124,000 | 101 m² | £1,228/m² | 3 |
| 27, Gads Green CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £195,000 | 101 m² | £1,931/m² | 2 |
| 29, Gads Green CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £125,000 | 108 m² | £1,157/m² | 3 |
| 37, Gads Green CrescentDetached · company-owned | Mar 2023 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37b, Gads Green CrescentDetached | Oct 2002 | £102,000 | 44 m² | £2,318/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Flood Street Metro station, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km). The nearest rail station is Old Hill, 3.2 km away, with 154k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Four Winds Road, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 216); 16 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Sledmere Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Blowers Green Primary School (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is The Link Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 40.4 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Five Ways School (9.5 km) and King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys (9.8 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is K.K.A News & Food, 1.0 km away, with One Stop closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bean Medical Practice (950 m), with Ash Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Marmaris is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Russells Hall Hospital, 2.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 17 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Dudley Central Family Centre is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Bush Inn the nearest pub (650 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 139 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Tansley Hill Field, 600 m away; for exercise, Duncan Edwards Leisure Center (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 23 km away.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
8 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Dudley constituency: Sonia Kumar MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,900 (5.3%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 34%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 26%, Green Party 3%.
30 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near DY2 8DA →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 80 min
Nearest: Droitwich Spa Lido · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Dudley since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 16 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 11 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 85.8% | 93.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.8% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.