DY9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Stourbridge, Lye and Pedmore, in Dudley and Bromsgrove.
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 DY9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 73% of people in DY9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DY9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DY9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DY9 at a rate of 67.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 84.5 per 1,000 people across the DY postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 171 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DY9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (840), other crime (444) and shoplifting (271).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DY9 was 77.3 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 DY9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DY9 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 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 DY9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove 001A | 1,629 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 79.4% |
| Bromsgrove 001B | 2,359 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.9% |
| Bromsgrove 001C | 1,806 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.4% |
| Bromsgrove 001D | 1,520 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 59.6% |
| Bromsgrove 002A | 1,313 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 10.8% |
| Bromsgrove 002B | 1,588 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.0% |
| Dudley 031D | 1,655 | 170.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Dudley 032A | 1,567 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.6% |
| Dudley 032B | 1,724 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Dudley 037A | 1,446 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 037B | 1,926 | 216.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Dudley 037C | 1,602 | 125.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Dudley 037D | 1,694 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Dudley 040A | 1,503 | 29.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| Dudley 040B | 1,688 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Dudley 040D | 1,538 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.8% |
| Dudley 042A | 1,744 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 042B | 1,374 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Dudley 042C | 1,653 | 9.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 48.6% |
| Dudley 042D | 1,503 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.7% |
MPs for DY9
- Cat EcclesLabourMP for Stourbridge47% of DY9’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove37% of DY9’s postcodes
- Alex BallingerLabourMP for Halesowen12% of DY9’s postcodes
- Mark GarnierConservativeMP for Wyre Forest4.3% of DY9’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 DY94
Postcode sectors in DY94
Councils DY9 covers2
Towns in DY91
Postcode districts next to DY96
Nearest rail stations4
More in the DY postcode area2
DY9 in brief
DY9 is a postcode district covering Stourbridge, Lye and Pedmore, in Dudley and Bromsgrove.
About 32,396 people lived in DY9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £331,000 in 2025 across 376 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DY9 was £331,000 in 2025.
DY9 had 31,405 usual residents at the census.
About 73% of people in DY9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DY9, 85.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.