Drakes Broughton & Norton

Wychavon · West Midlands · population 7,022 · 4 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,013 of 6,856 in England
  • #181 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #6 of 19 in Wychavon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,706
Median age (est.)43
Density168per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above38%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 30%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 43%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 43%Social rent 12%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 21%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Muslim 1%

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

Drakes Broughton & Norton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,013 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 19 in Wychavon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (81) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £322,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 99 sales), in line with the wider Wychavon median of £325,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,893 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 53 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 62 · #2,637
Employment 76 · #1,650
Education 61 · #2,644
Health 76 · #1,636
Crime 81 · #1,287
Housing & access 21 · #5,393
Living environment 69 · #2,144

House prices ?

£322,000median (12m) · -8.5% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£322,00099-8.5%+7.3%
Detached£450,00046+8.4%+30.4%
Semi-detached£280,00034-3.4%+21.7%
Terraced£235,00011-1.2%+11.9%
Flat£156,2508-13.2%
This area£322,000
Wychavon£325,000
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)£43,893±£6,263 · #2,342 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,844
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 374 offences
Wychavon58
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,363 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences209
Theft32
Burglary27
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons26
Drugs9
Robbery0
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 85 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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