St Peters

Worcester · West Midlands · population 5,516 · 4 LSOAs

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

94Area Score / 100 ?
  • #389 of 6,856 in England
  • #28 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #1 of 14 in Worcester
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,645
Median age (est.)45
Density2,943per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above38%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 31%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 3%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 28%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

St Peters is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #389 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 14 in Worcester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Housing & access (37). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+8%) (from 89 sales), in line with the wider Worcester median of £257,500. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #97 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £44,718 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 92 · #567
Employment 90 · #690
Education 84 · #1,115
Health 79 · #1,465
Crime 93 · #485
Housing & access 37 · #4,289
Living environment 100 · #32

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · -13.7% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,00089-13.7%+7.8%
Detached£372,25032+6.4%+31.8%
Semi-detached£267,50022-2.7%+19.6%
Terraced£209,00032+3.5%+16.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£260,000
Worcester£257,500
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)£44,718±£6,397 · #2,143 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,479
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

99Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 227 offences
Worcester97
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #1,352 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences97
Theft61
Burglary11
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons21
Drugs2
Robbery5
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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