Kidderminster
Kidderminster is covered by postcode districts DY10, DY11, DY12, DY13, DY14 and WV98. It is in the Wyre Forest council area, Worcestershire.
Every postcode in Kidderminster, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 55
- In use before 2020: 1,422
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,477 postcodes in Kidderminster that ONS places, 55 are new since 2020 and 1,422 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.3832, longitude -2.2494. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 29 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DY11 9GN, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Kidderminster?
Homes sold for a typical £234,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 1,031 of the 1,237 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 479 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 95 of its 1,477 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kidderminster, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Kidderminster?
Homes in Kidderminster sold for a typical £234,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 646 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £325,000 172 sales
- Semi-detached £240,000 240 sales
- Terraced £181,250 186 sales
- Flat or maisonette £111,500 48 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole DY10 district, Kidderminster's main postcode district: a typical £248,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Kidderminster: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Kidderminster?
55 of the 1,477 postcodes now in use in Kidderminster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 797 homes sold in Kidderminster were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DY10 district, 8%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Kidderminster | Across the DY10 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 646 (0%) | 5 of 424 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 14 of 797 (2%) | 49 of 577 (8%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Kidderminster?
Ofcom reports on 1,237 of the 1,477 postcodes in Kidderminster. At 1,031 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kidderminster at risk of flooding?
95 of the 1,477 postcodes in Kidderminster have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 479 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Kidderminster?
The open schools at the postcodes in Kidderminster (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Ambrose Catholic Primary900 m 207 pupils, 236 places
- Foley Park Primary Academy1.0 km 219 pupils, 219 places
- St John's CofE Primary School1.1 km 224 pupils, 420 places
- St George's CofE School1.2 km 223 pupils, 210 places
- Holy Trinity School1.3 km 723 pupils, 785 places
- Unity Academy1.3 km 34 pupils, 60 places
- Sutton Park Primary School1.4 km 233 pupils, 246 places
- Wyre Forest School1.5 km 389 pupils, 320 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Kidderminster?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Kidderminster is Kidderminster Rail Station, 750 m away in a straight line.
- Kidderminster Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
- Blakedown Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Hartlebury Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Kidderminster?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Kidderminster, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Church Street Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 01562 745040 600 mWalk
- Kidderminster Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 01562 546740 700 mWalk
- Aylmer Lodge Cookley Partnership Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2025 · Phone 01562 822015 800 mWalk
- Northumberland House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01562 757377 800 mWalk
- Stanmore House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 01562 822647 1.5 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Kidderminster safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,975 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Kidderminster over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 341 September 2025
- 326 October 2025
- 319 November 2025
- 315 December 2025
- 261 January 2026
- 235 February 2026
- 386 March 2026
- 298 April 2026
- 312 May 2026
- 361 June 2026
- 437 July 2026
- 384 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 120, other crime 62, robbery 57, possession of weapons 47, bicycle theft 26, theft from the person 17.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Kidderminster?
- District, borough or city council
- Wyre Forest
- County council
- Worcestershire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Police force area
- West Mercia
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Mark Garnier (Conservative)
All 1,477 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Kidderminster
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Wyre Forest about council tax Council tax, on wyreforestdc.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Kidderminster
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Kidderminster postcodes
1,477 postcodes in use in Kidderminster, by district:
Those districts are in the DY postcode area and WV postcode area.
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Places near Kidderminster
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Kidderminster's £234,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Kidderminster
- What is it like to live in Kidderminster?
- Homes sold for a typical £234,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 1,031 of the 1,237 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 479 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 95 of its 1,477 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kidderminster, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Kidderminster?
- Kidderminster is covered by postcode districts DY10, DY11, DY12, DY13, DY14 and WV98, across 1,477 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Kidderminster in?
- Kidderminster is in the Wyre Forest council area, and Worcestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Kidderminster?
- Kidderminster is in the Wyre Forest parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mark Garnier (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Kidderminster?
- Homes in Kidderminster sold for a typical £234,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 646 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Kidderminster?
- In Kidderminster, primary schools at its postcodes include St Ambrose Catholic Primary, Foley Park Primary Academy and St John's CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include King Charles I School, Holy Trinity School and Wyre Forest School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Kidderminster have a railway station?
- Yes: Kidderminster is 750 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Kidderminster, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Kidderminster?
- Ofcom reports on 1,237 of the 1,477 postcodes in Kidderminster. At 1,031 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Kidderminster at risk of flooding?
- 95 of the 1,477 postcodes in Kidderminster have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 479 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Kidderminster?
- 55 of the 1,477 postcodes now in use in Kidderminster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 797 homes sold in Kidderminster were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DY10 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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