DY12 1HR

Wribbenhall & Arley · Wyre Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bewdley
Local authority
Wyre Forest
Constituency
Wyre Forest
Postcode district
DY12
Postcode sector
DY12 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DY12 1DP 58 m
DY12 1BH 62 m
DY12 1BD 130 m
DY12 1AZ 131 m
DY12 1BZ 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DY12 1HR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DY
Postcode district
DY12
Postcode sector
DY12 1
Latitude
52.375292
Longitude
-2.306972
British National Grid easting
379,199
British National Grid northing
275,293

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Wyre Forest · E07000239
Parish or community
E04010446
Westminster constituency
Wyre Forest · E14001601
Output area
E00165660
Lower layer super output area
Wyre Forest 005D · E01032482
Middle layer super output area
Wyre Forest 005 · E02006771

Postcode source versions

Explore DY12

41 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Oak Apple House, 8, Hunts Rise, Bewdley, DY12 1HR 15 July 2025 £360,000
6, Hunts Rise, Bewdley, DY12 1HR 1 November 2023 £266,000
5, Hunts Rise, Bewdley, DY12 1HR 20 September 2022 £242,600

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
16
Secondary
3
  1. Bewdley Primary School

    Community school

    239 m
  2. The Bewdley School

    Foundation school

    393 m
  3. Wribbenhall School

    Other independent school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
483
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 249
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Public order 32
  • Other theft 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

16 female, 12 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
1.6
DY12 1 residents
5,023

Age bands in DY12 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

693 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

427 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

872 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.6%

1,546 residents

Age 65 and over
29.9%

1,509 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DY12 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEWDLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOG LANE, BEWDLEY, DY12 2EF

    ODS code M81057

    682 m

  • AYLMER LODGE COOKLEY PARTNERSHIP

    HUME STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, HUME STREET, KIDDERMINSTER, DY11 6SF

    ODS code M81068

    3.3 km

  • NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    HUME STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, HUME STREET, KIDDERMINSTER, DY11 6SF

    ODS code M81005

    3.3 km

  • THE CHURCH STREET PRACTICE

    CALLOWS LANE, KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 2JG

    ODS code M81056

    4.1 km

  • KIDDERMINSTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    WATERLOO STREET, KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 2BG

    ODS code M81010

    4.4 km

  • STOURPORT MEDICAL CENTRE

    DUNLEY ROAD, STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN, DY13 0AA

    ODS code M81040

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Severn Valley Railway Station

    BCT · Bewdley

    0.1 miles
  • Severn Valley Railway Station

    BCT · Bewdley

    0.1 miles
  • Bewdley Viaduct

    BCT · Bewdley

    0.1 miles
  • Bewdley Viaduct

    BCT · Bewdley

    0.2 miles
  • Grey Green Lane

    BCT · Wribbenhall

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wyre Forest 005D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,410 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
4
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £283,000 from 4 recorded sales in DY12 1HR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wyre Forest is £232,448 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools. Bewdley Primary School is the nearest published school at 239 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

483 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 249 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.