Bromsgrove Charford

Bromsgrove · West Midlands · population 8,049 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,330 of 6,856 in England
  • #404 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #14 of 14 in Bromsgrove
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,023
Median age (est.)38
Density3,816per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above30%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 25%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 28%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 11%
One person 31%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 46% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bromsgrove Charford is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,330 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 14 in Bromsgrove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (95) but weak on Education (21). Typical homes here sold for about £255,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 93 sales), 26% below the wider Bromsgrove median of £343,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,782 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 30 · #4,790
Employment 27 · #4,989
Education 21 · #5,427
Health 45 · #3,775
Crime 26 · #5,043
Housing & access 95 · #355
Living environment 84 · #1,122

House prices ?

£255,000median (12m) · +2.0% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£255,00093+2.0%+21.4%
Detached£450,00011+5.9%+23.3%
Semi-detached£272,00030+7.7%+28.9%
Terraced£241,00036-0.8%+23.6%
Flat£134,75016+0.2%-2.0%
This area£255,000
Bromsgrove£343,000
West Midlands£252,500
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,782±£5,382 · #4,117 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,251
Price-to-income ?6.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 550 offences
Bromsgrove54
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,417 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences293
Theft77
Burglary17
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons60
Drugs15
Robbery5
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 104 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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