DY12 1LW

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 1LN 295 m
DY11 6JY 389 m
DY11 6JW 411 m
DY11 6JT 448 m
DY11 6JN 451 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DY12 1LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DY
Postcode district
DY12
Postcode sector
DY12 1
Latitude
52.381931
Longitude
-2.283894
British National Grid easting
380,773
British National Grid northing
276,025

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
E00165652
Lower layer super output area
Wyre Forest 005B · E01032480
Middle layer super output area
Wyre Forest 005 · E02006771

Postcode source versions

Explore DY12

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Coppins, Kidderminster Road, Bewdley, DY12 1LW 24 March 2020 £935,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
21
Secondary
5
  1. Sutton Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    961 m
  2. Baxter College

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. Wribbenhall School

    Other independent school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
788
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 368
  • Anti social behaviour 101
  • Public order 62
  • Criminal damage and arson 56
  • Burglary 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
5.0
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 0.1% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • AYLMER LODGE COOKLEY PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code M81068

    1.6 km

  • NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81005

    1.6 km

  • BEWDLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOG LANE, BEWDLEY, DY12 2EF

    ODS code M81057

    2.3 km

  • THE CHURCH STREET PRACTICE

    CALLOWS LANE, KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 2JG

    ODS code M81056

    2.4 km

  • KIDDERMINSTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    WATERLOO STREET, KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 2BG

    ODS code M81010

    2.7 km

  • STANMORE HOUSE SURGERY

    LINDEN AVENUE, KIDDERMINSTER, DY10 3AA

    ODS code M81015

    3.7 km

  • WOLVERLEY SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, WOLVERLEY, KIDDERMINSTER, DY11 5TH

    ODS code M81608

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • West Midlands Safari Park

    BCT · The Heath

    0.1 miles
  • West Midlands Safari Park

    BCT · The Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Sutton Park Road

    BCT · Sutton Farm

    0.4 miles
  • Lea Bank Avenue

    BCT · Blakebrook

    0.4 miles
  • Lea Bank Avenue

    BCT · Blakebrook

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wyre Forest 005B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,461 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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
0
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

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Sutton Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 961 m.

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

Recorded crime

788 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 368 events.

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