Bomere Heath & Montford Bridge
Shropshire · West Midlands · population 9,964 · 6 LSOAs
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,001 of 6,856 in England
- #261 of 736 in West Midlands
- #14 of 39 in Shropshire
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 19% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 15%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 19% |
| Managers & directors | 15% |
| Skilled trades | 15% |
| Associate professional | 12% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Caring & leisure | 9% |
| Elementary | 8% |
| Sales & customer service | 6% |
| Process & plant | 6% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 59% · No religion 33% · Sikh 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
Bomere Heath & Montford Bridge is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,001 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (81) but weak on Housing & access (3). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 115 sales), 11% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #2,030 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,819 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £305,000 | 115 | +2.5% | +17.0% |
| Detached | £387,500 | 54 | +3.3% | +27.0% |
| Semi-detached | £267,500 | 46 | -2.9% | +35.8% |
| Terraced | £222,500 | 12 | +0.4% | +28.1% |
| Flat | Too few sales to report (n=3) | |||
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Household income
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 ?
- #2,030 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #1,470 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 251 |
| Theft | 57 |
| Burglary | 25 |
| Vehicle crime | 12 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 27 |
| Public order & weapons | 21 |
| Drugs | 9 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Other | 20 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Shropshire
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Wells TownSomerset56£315,000
- Brighton le Sands & Crosby WestSefton56£250,000
- Pensett & Kingswinford EastDudley56£240,000
- Scunthorpe BerkeleyNorth Lincolnshire56£155,000
- Church EndBarnet56£685,000
- Truro EastCornwall56£287,500