Wrockwardine Wood & Trench

Telford and Wrekin · West Midlands · population 6,874 · 5 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,543 of 6,856 in England
  • #428 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,774
Median age (est.)43
Density2,607per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above19%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 16%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 16% · Process & plant 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary16%
Process & plant15%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure11%
Professional11%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 35% · Sikh 6%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Wrockwardine Wood & Trench is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,543 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 24 in Telford and Wrekin. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (84) but weak on Health (22). Typical homes here, about £190,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 62 sales), 16% below the wider Telford and Wrekin median of £227,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,937 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,122 a year, in the bottom third 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 31 · #4,755
Employment 28 · #4,934
Education 23 · #5,297
Health 22 · #5,366
Crime 51 · #3,343
Housing & access 59 · #2,829
Living environment 84 · #1,095

House prices ?

£190,000median (12m) · -9.5% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£190,00062-9.5%+26.7%
Detached£224,35010-12.0%+24.6%
Semi-detached£190,00039-10.0%+28.4%
Terraced£170,00011-2.9%+13.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£190,000
Telford and Wrekin£227,000
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)£33,122±£4,711 · #5,637 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,010
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 471 offences
Telford and Wrekin80
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,429 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences253
Theft49
Burglary10
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons54
Drugs16
Robbery4
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 83 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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