Kidderminster Town

Wyre Forest · West Midlands · population 8,363 · 5 LSOAs

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

11Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,085 of 6,856 in England
  • #603 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #13 of 14 in Wyre Forest
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,380
Median age (est.)36
Density3,582per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above22%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 27%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 15%Other: 10%
One person 39%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 15%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service11%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 7%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 7%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 43% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Kidderminster Town is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,085 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 14 in Wyre Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Crime (4). Typical homes here, about £207,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 50% in five years (from 86 sales), 19% below the wider Wyre Forest median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,466 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 181 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 10 · #6,161
Employment 9 · #6,209
Education 9 · #6,209
Health 18 · #5,633
Crime 4 · #6,586
Housing & access 89 · #780
Living environment 47 · #3,618

House prices ?

£207,500median (12m) · +13.7% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£207,50086+13.7%+50.4%
Detached£349,50010+9.6%+44.1%
Semi-detached£215,00027-9.3%+26.5%
Terraced£180,00039-1.4%+33.3%
Flat£125,50010+18.1%+15.1%
This area£207,500
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)£31,466±£4,501 · #6,079 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,757
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

27Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

181 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,510 offences
Wyre Forest76
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #6,104 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences640
Theft314
Burglary44
Vehicle crime81
Criminal damage & arson142
Public order & weapons167
Drugs62
Robbery36
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 286 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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