Stourport Areley Kings

Wyre Forest · West Midlands · population 5,876 · 4 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,030 of 6,856 in England
  • #481 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #12 of 14 in Wyre Forest
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,902
Median age (est.)52
Density2,068per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above22%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 26%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 19%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 12%Other: 20%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 12%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Caring & leisure 12% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Caring & leisure12%
Professional12%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary11%
Associate professional10%
Process & plant10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 36% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Stourport Areley Kings is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,030 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 14 in Wyre Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (84) but weak on Education (9). Typical homes here sold for about £227,500 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 64 sales), 11% below the wider Wyre Forest median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,506 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 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 37 · #4,317
Employment 25 · #5,126
Education 9 · #6,236
Health 35 · #4,454
Crime 45 · #3,796
Housing & access 22 · #5,318
Living environment 84 · #1,109

House prices ?

£227,500median (12m) · -5.0% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£227,50064-5.0%+17.6%
Detached£304,34820-6.4%+15.7%
Semi-detached£232,00022-0.2%+27.5%
Terraced£195,00022-8.0%+17.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£227,500
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)£31,506±£4,523 · #6,071 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,958
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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 398 offences
Wyre Forest76
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #3,383 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft48
Burglary13
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons34
Drugs11
Robbery4
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 116 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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