DY10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kidderminster, in Wyre Forest.
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 DY10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DY10, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DY10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DY10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY10 at a rate of 92.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across DY.
In August 2026 alone, 356 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,336), other crime (569) and anti-social behaviour (459).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY10 was 101.6 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 DY10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY10 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DY10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyre Forest 001A | 1,556 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 32.5% |
| Wyre Forest 001B | 1,565 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 41.8% |
| Wyre Forest 001C | 1,505 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 38.2% |
| Wyre Forest 001D | 1,349 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.3% |
| Wyre Forest 001E | 1,184 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.8% |
| Wyre Forest 003A | 1,509 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Wyre Forest 003B | 1,518 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| Wyre Forest 003C | 1,413 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Wyre Forest 003D | 1,482 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| Wyre Forest 003E | 1,146 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Wyre Forest 004A | 2,325 | 120.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Wyre Forest 004B | 1,476 | 150.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Wyre Forest 004C | 1,846 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Wyre Forest 004E | 1,085 | 604.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 36.9% |
| Wyre Forest 004F | 1,649 | 168.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 70.6% |
| Wyre Forest 007A | 1,599 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Wyre Forest 007B | 1,480 | 94.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Wyre Forest 007C | 1,524 | 82.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Wyre Forest 007D | 1,350 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.5% |
| Wyre Forest 007E | 1,172 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.3% |
| Wyre Forest 007F | 1,099 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Wyre Forest 010A | 1,300 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.1% |
| Wyre Forest 010B | 1,269 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.0% |
| Wyre Forest 010C | 1,231 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.1% |
| Wyre Forest 010D | 1,156 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.5% |
| Wyre Forest 010E | 1,438 | 107.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.4% |
MPs for DY10
- Mark GarnierConservativeMP for Wyre Forest98% of DY10’s postcodes
- Nigel HuddlestonConservativeMP for Droitwich and Evesham1.9% of DY10’s postcodes
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire0.3% of DY10’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove0.1% of DY10’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 DY105
Postcode sectors in DY104
Council1
Towns in DY101
Postcode districts next to DY108
Nearest rail stations3
More in the DY postcode area2
DY10 in brief
DY10 is a postcode district covering Kidderminster, in Wyre Forest.
About 37,878 people lived in DY10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £257,000 in 2025 across 579 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY10 was £257,000 in 2025.
DY10 had 36,255 usual residents at the census.
In DY10, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DY10, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.