Spennells & Hoobrook

Wyre Forest · West Midlands · population 6,334 · 5 LSOAs

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

67Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,274 of 6,856 in England
  • #202 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #2 of 14 in Wyre Forest
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,395
Median age (est.)48
Density2,088per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 10%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Spennells & Hoobrook is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,274 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 14 in Wyre Forest. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (88) and lowest on Housing & access (49). Typical homes here sold for about £262,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 77 sales), in line with the wider Wyre Forest median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,551 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 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 61 · #2,644
Employment 56 · #3,007
Education 50 · #3,426
Health 57 · #2,918
Crime 82 · #1,198
Housing & access 49 · #3,522
Living environment 88 · #786

House prices ?

£262,000median (12m) · +2.7% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£262,00077+2.7%+21.2%
Detached£339,75038+9.6%+27.4%
Semi-detached£220,00020-10.2%+12.8%
Terraced£172,50014+1.5%+34.0%
Flat£65,0005+18.2%+48.6%
This area£262,000
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)£37,551±£5,323 · #4,186 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,965
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

89Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 376 offences
Wyre Forest76
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #2,828 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences141
Theft89
Burglary23
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons42
Drugs14
Robbery3
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 53 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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