Comberton

Wyre Forest · West Midlands · population 8,282 · 6 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,550 of 6,856 in England
  • #430 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #11 of 14 in Wyre Forest
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,225
Median age (est.)48
Density2,781per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above25%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 26%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 18%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 11%Other: 18%
One person 36%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 11%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Comberton is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,550 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 14 in Wyre Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (84) but weak on Education (26). Typical homes here, about £240,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 44% in five years (from 122 sales), 6% below the wider Wyre Forest median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,030 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 32 · #4,680
Employment 28 · #4,954
Education 26 · #5,064
Health 30 · #4,790
Crime 38 · #4,228
Housing & access 84 · #1,074
Living environment 44 · #3,809

House prices ?

£240,000median (12m) · +23.1% yr · n=122
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£240,000122+23.1%+43.7%
Detached£278,00045-20.6%-12.4%
Semi-detached£268,50022+20.9%+42.8%
Terraced£180,00044+10.4%+33.3%
Flat£110,00011-10.9%-19.1%
This area£240,000
Wyre Forest£255,000
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)£33,030±£4,664 · #5,670 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,821
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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 480 offences
Wyre Forest76
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,720 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences226
Theft43
Burglary20
Vehicle crime63
Criminal damage & arson49
Public order & weapons49
Drugs12
Robbery1
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 102 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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