DY4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Tipton, Horseley Heath and Tibbington, in Sandwell.
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 DY4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DY4, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DY4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DY4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY4 at a rate of 100.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across DY.
In August 2026 alone, 490 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,170), other crime (806) and vehicle crime (470).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY4 was 97.8 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 DY4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY4 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DY4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley 006D | 1,264 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 007A | 1,738 | 166.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| Sandwell 007B | 1,239 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Sandwell 007C | 1,331 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Sandwell 007D | 2,001 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Sandwell 009A | 1,590 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Sandwell 009B | 1,596 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 009C | 1,650 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Sandwell 009D | 1,334 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Sandwell 014A | 1,850 | 117.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Sandwell 014B | 1,544 | 186.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Sandwell 014C | 1,656 | 113.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Sandwell 014D | 1,651 | 133.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.1% |
| Sandwell 014F | 1,645 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| Sandwell 014G | 1,535 | 105.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.0% |
| Sandwell 015A | 1,708 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 015B | 1,761 | 96.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Sandwell 015C | 1,868 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| Sandwell 015D | 1,772 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| Sandwell 015E | 1,547 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Sandwell 015F | 2,066 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Sandwell 016A | 2,745 | 84.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.6% |
| Sandwell 016B | 2,025 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.5% |
| Sandwell 016C | 2,041 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Sandwell 016D | 2,344 | 89.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| Sandwell 016F | 1,767 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Sandwell 021D | 2,352 | 98.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
MPs for DY4
- Antonia BanceLabourMP for Tipton and Wednesbury90% of DY4’s postcodes
- Sarah CoombesLabourMP for West Bromwich6.8% of DY4’s postcodes
- Sonia KumarLabourMP for Dudley3.3% of DY4’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 DY45
Postcode sectors in DY45
Council1
Towns in DY43
Postcode districts next to DY46
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DY postcode area2
DY4 in brief
DY4 is a postcode district covering Tipton, Horseley Heath and Tibbington, in Sandwell.
About 49,251 people lived in DY4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £214,000 in 2025 across 418 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY4 was £214,000 in 2025.
DY4 had 48,510 usual residents at the census.
In DY4, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DY4, 6.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.