DY6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kingswinford, Wall Heath and Ridge 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 DY6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 56% of people in DY6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DY6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DY6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY6 at a rate of 45.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across the DY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 117 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (529), other crime (243) and shoplifting (149).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY6 was 49.2 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 DY6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY6 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DY6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley 012A | 1,662 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Dudley 012B | 1,250 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Dudley 012C | 1,495 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.5% |
| Dudley 012D | 1,497 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| Dudley 014A | 1,284 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Dudley 014B | 1,274 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 014C | 1,226 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 014D | 1,303 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 014E | 1,487 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Dudley 016C | 1,303 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.1% |
| Dudley 016D | 1,897 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.3% |
| Dudley 019A | 1,438 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 019B | 1,428 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| Dudley 019C | 1,624 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 019D | 1,291 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 019F | 1,658 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 021A | 1,231 | 12.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 021C | 1,526 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.4% |
MPs for DY6
- Mike WoodConservativeMP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire86% of DY6’s postcodes
- Sonia KumarLabourMP for Dudley14% of DY6’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 DY63
Postcode sectors in DY65
Council1
Towns in DY61
Postcode districts next to DY64
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DY postcode area2
DY6 in brief
DY6 is a postcode district covering Kingswinford, Wall Heath and Ridge Hill, in Dudley.
About 28,903 people lived in DY6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 443 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY6 was £280,000 in 2025.
DY6 had 28,474 usual residents at the census.
About 56% of people in DY6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DY6, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.