Craven Arms & Broadstone

Shropshire · West Midlands · population 6,702 · 4 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,639 of 6,856 in England
  • #436 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #38 of 39 in Shropshire
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,719
Median age (est.)52
Density28per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above32%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 11%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 22%
One person 27%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 20% · Managers & directors 15% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades20%
Managers & directors15%
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 33% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Craven Arms & Broadstone is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,639 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #38 of 39 in Shropshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £337,500 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 60 sales), 23% above the wider Shropshire median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,294 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 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 50 · #3,446
Employment 58 · #2,884
Education 34 · #4,516
Health 66 · #2,294
Crime 88 · #807
Housing & access 2 · #6,743
Living environment 4 · #6,599

House prices ?

£337,500median (12m) · +16.2% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£337,50060+16.2%+17.9%
Detached£440,00033-6.4%+15.5%
Semi-detached£235,00015+1.5%+9.3%
Terraced£210,00011+36.8%+35.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£337,500
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)£34,294±£4,888 · #5,243 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,021
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

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

Rank #1,074 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences133
Theft41
Burglary21
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons16
Drugs3
Robbery2
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 41 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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