Wem Area Guide | £263k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
8,894
Households
3,836
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.4 per 1k
3,836
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
Christian · 56%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.4 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£262,500
Median property price
313
Postcodes
3,836
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
Christian · 56%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.4 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£262,500
Median property price
313
Postcodes

Sold prices in Wem

England & Wales
Property sales · Wem
HM Land Registry · Wem
Average price
£271,163
YoY: -9.6%
Median price: £283,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 11 sales · avg £202,560
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£381k£289k£197k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Wem

England & Wales
Crime trends · Wem

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
28
YoY +33%
34229
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
10
YoY —
1680
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
840
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
3
YoY —
741
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

57
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Wem

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Shropshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Shropshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Wem

GPs make up most of the mapped places

60 GPs · 29 Museums · 22 Libraries · 124 in all

  • GPs60
  • Museums29
  • Libraries22
  • Hospitals13

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Wem

Coordinates52.8742, -2.7260
Postcodes
313
Population (Census)
8,894
Households (Census)
3,836
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.4 per 1k

Demographics in Wem

Ethnicity

Total residents: 8,899
White Brit.95.2%
Other White2.1%
+ other · 2.7%

Religion

Total residents: 8,902
Christian56.4%
No religion37.0%
Not answered5.5%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 8,894
50–6422.3%
35–4916.4%
65–7413.3%
75–849.2%
25–348.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.8%

Households

Total households: 3,836
Any member 66+16.9%
Other14.4%
All members 66+14.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.4%
+ 7 other households · 29.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Wem

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 4.97 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.97 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Wem