DY3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sedgley and Gornalwood, in Dudley and South Staffordshire.
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 DY3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DY3, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DY3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DY3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY3 at a rate of 71.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across DY.
In August 2026 alone, 224 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,094), other crime (401) and criminal damage and arson (230).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY3 was 74.6 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 DY3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY3 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DY3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley 002A | 1,536 | 141.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| Dudley 002B | 1,565 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 002C | 1,583 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Dudley 002D | 1,380 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 003A | 1,447 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 003B | 1,408 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Dudley 003C | 1,447 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Dudley 003D | 1,389 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Dudley 003E | 1,210 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Dudley 005C | 1,283 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 005D | 1,608 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 005E | 1,577 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 007A | 1,979 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 007B | 1,456 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 007C | 1,442 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Dudley 007D | 1,602 | 132.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Dudley 008A | 1,412 | 166.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Dudley 008B | 1,871 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 008C | 1,481 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 008D | 1,487 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Dudley 008E | 1,381 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 008F | 1,396 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.8% |
| South Staffordshire 013A | 2,523 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 51.2% |
MPs for DY3
- Sonia KumarLabourMP for Dudley89% of DY3’s postcodes
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire10% of DY3’s postcodes
- Pat McFaddenLabourMP for Wolverhampton South East0.1% of DY3’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 DY35
Postcode sectors in DY34
Councils DY3 covers2
Towns in DY32
Postcode districts next to DY37
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DY postcode area2
DY3 in brief
DY3 is a postcode district covering Sedgley and Gornalwood, in Dudley and South Staffordshire.
About 35,419 people lived in DY3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £253,250 in 2025 across 464 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY3 was £253,250 in 2025.
DY3 had 34,870 usual residents at the census.
In DY3, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DY3, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.