Alveley, Claverley & Worfield

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 7,988 · 5 LSOAs

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

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,022 of 6,856 in England
  • #375 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #33 of 39 in Shropshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,874
Median age (est.)53
Density49per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above33%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 32%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 9%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 6%Other: 23%
One person 22%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 6%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 23% · Professional 17% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors23%
Professional17%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 64% · No religion 29% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Alveley, Claverley & Worfield is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,022 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 71 sales), 27% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,426 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 72 · #1,897
Employment 75 · #1,712
Education 58 · #2,877
Health 76 · #1,623
Crime 88 · #786
Housing & access 1 · #6,798
Living environment 2 · #6,730

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000710.0%+4.5%
Detached£495,00031+5.9%+23.8%
Semi-detached£280,00023-3.8%+10.4%
Terraced£279,50014+0.3%+5.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£350,000
Shropshire£275,000
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)£38,426±£5,463 · #3,891 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,150
Price-to-income ?9.1×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 270 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #716 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences108
Theft38
Burglary37
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons14
Drugs10
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 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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