DY2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dudley and Kates Hill, 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 DY2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DY2, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DY2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DY2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY2 at a rate of 102.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across DY.
In August 2026 alone, 387 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,759), other crime (659) and shoplifting (430).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY2 was 103.0 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 DY2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY2 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DY2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley 010A | 1,866 | 80.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 010B | 1,628 | 294.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.9% |
| Dudley 010C | 1,910 | 92.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 010D | 1,713 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 011A | 1,606 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Dudley 013B | 1,821 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 015A | 1,840 | 122.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 015B | 1,767 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Dudley 015C | 2,856 | 213.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.7% |
| Dudley 015D | 1,847 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 018A | 1,510 | 114.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Dudley 018B | 1,534 | 132.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| Dudley 018C | 1,488 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Dudley 018D | 1,988 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 018E | 1,551 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Dudley 020A | 1,351 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 020B | 1,538 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Dudley 020C | 1,609 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Dudley 020D | 1,641 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% |
| Dudley 020E | 1,659 | 80.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 025E | 2,240 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
MPs for DY2
- Sonia KumarLabourMP for Dudley46% of DY2’s postcodes
- Cat EcclesLabourMP for Stourbridge39% of DY2’s postcodes
- Alex BallingerLabourMP for Halesowen15% of DY2’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 DY24
Postcode sectors in DY24
Council1
Towns in DY21
Postcode districts next to DY26
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DY postcode area2
DY2 in brief
DY2 is a postcode district covering Dudley and Kates Hill, in Dudley.
About 38,180 people lived in DY2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £196,000 in 2025 across 294 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 102.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY2 was £196,000 in 2025.
DY2 had 36,161 usual residents at the census.
In DY2, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DY2, 6.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.