DY1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dudley, Wren's Nest and Priory, in Dudley.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DY1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DY1, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DY1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DY1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY1 at a rate of 122.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across DY.
In August 2026 alone, 391 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,973), other crime (769) and vehicle crime (391).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY1 was 122.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DY1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY1 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DY1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley 004E | 1,500 | 80.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 004F | 1,562 | 156.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 005A | 1,776 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 005B | 1,334 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 006B | 1,538 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 006C | 2,166 | 352.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 79.3% |
| Dudley 006F | 1,476 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 006H | 1,712 | 134.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 006I | 1,733 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Dudley 009A | 2,154 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Dudley 009B | 1,563 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 009C | 1,480 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 009D | 1,537 | 102.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 009E | 1,431 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| Dudley 011B | 2,383 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| Dudley 011D | 1,615 | 129.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Dudley 011E | 1,472 | 222.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 75.3% |
| Dudley 011F | 1,295 | 314.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.4% |
| Dudley 013C | 1,548 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 013D | 1,430 | 382.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.7% |
| Dudley 013E | 1,956 | 116.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
MPs for DY1
- Sonia KumarLabourMP for Dudley98% of DY1’s postcodes
- Cat EcclesLabourMP for Stourbridge1.9% of DY1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DY14
Postcode sectors in DY15
Council1
Towns in DY13
Postcode districts next to DY15
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DY postcode area2
DY1 in brief
DY1 is a postcode district covering Dudley, Wren's Nest and Priory, in Dudley.
About 36,287 people lived in DY1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £211,250 in 2025 across 272 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 122.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY1 was £211,250 in 2025.
DY1 had 35,120 usual residents at the census.
In DY1, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DY1, 5.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.