Warndon West

Worcester · West Midlands · population 5,576 · 4 LSOAs

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,634 of 6,856 in England
  • #699 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #14 of 14 in Worcester
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,531
Median age (est.)35
Density6,449per km²
No qualifications30%
Degree or above17%
No car or van38%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 12%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 56%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 56%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 20%Other: 10%
One person 35%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 20%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 24% · Caring & leisure 13% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary24%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant12%
Skilled trades11%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional8%
Administrative7%
Associate professional7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Warndon West is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,634 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #14 of 14 in Worcester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (96) but weak on Education (1). Typical homes here, about £220,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 48 sales), 15% below the wider Worcester median of £257,500. Typical household take-home income is around £30,457 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 141 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 3 · #6,620
Employment 3 · #6,654
Education 1 · #6,757
Health 7 · #6,366
Crime 2 · #6,750
Housing & access 24 · #5,215
Living environment 96 · #307

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · +5.3% yr · n=48
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,00048+5.3%+29.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£237,25014+6.2%+37.9%
Terraced£212,50030+2.9%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£220,000
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)£30,457±£5,163 · #6,304 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,936
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

141 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 786 offences
Worcester97
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #5,819 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences429
Theft113
Burglary33
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson103
Public order & weapons45
Drugs14
Robbery11
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 148 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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