Baschurch, Cockshutt & Harmer Hill

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 8,762 · 5 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,987 of 6,856 in England
  • #259 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #12 of 39 in Shropshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,764
Median age (est.)50
Density54per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above37%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 18%45–64 33%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 21%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 18% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors18%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

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 59% · No religion 35% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Baschurch, Cockshutt & Harmer Hill is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,987 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 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 £370,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 117 sales), 35% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,236 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 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 79 · #1,417
Employment 80 · #1,390
Education 81 · #1,273
Health 79 · #1,431
Crime 88 · #841
Housing & access 1 · #6,805
Living environment 22 · #5,372

House prices ?

£370,000median (12m) · +5.0% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£370,000117+5.0%+20.9%
Detached£413,75072+2.9%+22.6%
Semi-detached£242,00031-5.3%+7.6%
Terraced£260,00011+6.1%+50.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£370,000
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)£41,236±£5,850 · #3,060 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,180
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 254 offences
Shropshire51
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #348 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences147
Theft21
Burglary26
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons21
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 35 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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