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Wyre Forest

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
101,607
Households
45,320
Crimes · Aug '26
890

Estimated population, mid-2025: 104,179 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

45,320
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
890
Crimes · Aug '26
£251,250
Median property price · Sep 2025⁠–⁠Aug 2026 · 1,174 sales
£825
Average rent, August 2026
3,320
Postcodes

Sold prices in Wyre Forest

England & Wales
Property sales · Wyre Forest
HM Land Registry · Wyre Forest
Average price
£279,254
Median price: £251,250
Median -3.4% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 1,174 sales
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Recent sale price trend
Sep '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 36 sales · avg £333,762
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£334k£286k£239k
Sep '25Dec '25Mar '26Jun '26Aug '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 Wyre Forest

England & Wales
Crime trends · Wyre Forest

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 yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
308
YoY stable
347290233
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
165
YoY stable
2001000
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
70
YoY +100%
734414
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
39
YoY +39%
443219
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
70
YoY stable
1128149
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
212
YoY -13%
262207151
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Drugs
26
YoY +100%
41246
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

1 of 6 key categories improving · drugs up sharply · vehicle crime rising

890
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Wyre Forest

Ethnicity

Total residents: 101,607
White Brit.92.5%
Other White2.5%
+ other · 5.1%

Religion

Total residents: 101,607
Christian53.3%
No religion38.6%
Not answered5.9%
Muslim1.0%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 101,607
50–6421.3%
35–4917.1%
65–7413.3%
25–3411.1%
75–849.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.2%

Households

Total households: 45,320
One person: aged 66+16.0%
One person: other15.7%
Single family household, all members 66+12.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.2%
+ 9 other households · 32.9%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Wyre Forest

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 5.44 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.44 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Wyre Forest

1% of postcodes (42 of 3320) are in Flood Zone 3 and 4% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 342 (1%)
  • Zone 2139 (4%)
  • Zone 13,139 (95%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Amenities in Wyre Forest

GPs make up most of the mapped places

14 GPs · 5 Museums · 3 Hospitals · 24 in all

  • GPs14
  • Museums5
  • Hospitals3
  • Libraries2

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

Private rents in Wyre Forest

Average rent, August 2026

£825/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£584
1 bed
£741
2 bed
£897
3 bed
£1,240
4 bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

We've matched this area to Worcestershire.

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

Wyre Forest is the district council. School applications go through Worcestershire.

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Overview of Wyre Forest

Coordinates52.3750, -2.2659
Postcodes
3,320
Census 2021
101,607

Estimated population, mid-2025: 104,179 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
45,320
Recorded crime · Aug '26
890

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