# DY11

Postcode district covering Kidderminster, Blakebrook and Franche, in Wyre Forest.

DY11 is a postcode district covering Kidderminster, Blakebrook and Franche, in Wyre Forest. Median sale price £247,750 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code DY11. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [DY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy)

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 DY11 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £247,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DY11 was £247,750 in 2025. 739th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 32,518** (2021). DY11 had 32,518 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 775th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 60%** (2022). About 60% of people in DY11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.3%** (January 2026). In DY11, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=DY11) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 60% of people in DY11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=DY11) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 454 homes were sold in DY11 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=DY11) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DY11.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=DY11) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DY11 had 32,518 usual residents at the census.

## How DY11 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | DY11 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £247,750 | 5th cheapest | 14 postcode districts, DY · 2025 |
| Population | 32,518 | 7th least populated | 14 postcode districts, DY · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 60% | 5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 14 postcode districts, DY · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.3% | 7th lowest | 14 postcode districts, DY · Jan 2026 |

## Is DY11 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY11 at a rate of 92.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across the DY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 297 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY11.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,098), other crime (481) and anti-social behaviour (417).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY11 was 98.9 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 DY11, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY11 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in DY11

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wychavon 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032386) | 1,437 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 47.0% |
| [Wychavon 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon/neighbourhood/e01032387) | 1,647 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 50.3% |
| [Wyre Forest 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032479) | 2,422 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.8% |
| [Wyre Forest 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032441) | 1,211 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Wyre Forest 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032442) | 1,627 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.9% |
| [Wyre Forest 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032443) | 1,317 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Wyre Forest 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032444) | 1,251 | 208.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.9% |
| [Wyre Forest 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032445) | 1,595 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [Wyre Forest 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032451) | 1,499 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Wyre Forest 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032452) | 1,561 | 117.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [Wyre Forest 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032453) | 1,820 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Wyre Forest 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032454) | 1,800 | 170.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| [Wyre Forest 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032474) | 1,802 | 297.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| [Wyre Forest 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032475) | 1,665 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| [Wyre Forest 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032476) | 1,395 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Wyre Forest 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032477) | 1,178 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Wyre Forest 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032478) | 1,524 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Wyre Forest 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032469) | 1,695 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.3% |
| [Wyre Forest 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032471) | 1,631 | 170.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Wyre Forest 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01034333) | 1,344 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| [Wyre Forest 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01034334) | 1,430 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |

## Your MP

- [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wyre-forest): Mark Garnier (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 91% of the people here.
- [Droitwich and Evesham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/droitwich-and-evesham): Nigel Huddleston (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 8.3% of the people here.
- [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.5% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in DY11

[Birchen Coppice](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/birchen-coppice), [Foley Park](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/foley-park), [Franche](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/franche), [Habberley](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/habberley)

## Postcode sectors in DY11

[DY11 5 (250 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11-5), [DY11 6 (283 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11-6), [DY11 7 (229 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11-7), [DY11 9 (50 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11-9)

## Council

[Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest)

## Towns in DY11

[Kidderminster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidderminster)

## Postcode districts next to DY11

[DY7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy7), [DY10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy10), [DY12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy12), [DY13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy13), [WR9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9), [WV98](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv98)

## Nearest rail stations

[Kidderminster (5.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.2385,52.3845)

## More in the DY postcode area

[All DY postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## DY11 in brief

DY11 is a postcode district covering Kidderminster, Blakebrook and Franche, in Wyre Forest.
About 32,776 people lived in DY11 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £247,750 in 2025 across 454 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY11 was £247,750 in 2025.
DY11 had 32,518 usual residents at the census.
About 60% of people in DY11 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DY11, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DY11
- Postcode area: [DY](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy)
- Constituency: [Wyre Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wyre-forest)
- Council: [Wyre Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest)
- Area: 31.23 km²
- People, mid-2024: 32,776*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 105

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[DY10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy10), [DY12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy12), [DY13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy13), [DY7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy7), [WV98](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv98), [WR9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr9)

## Latest updates for DY11

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/DY11

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy11