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Matchborough & Park Farm

Middle area

East Redditch. 7,792 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Matchborough & Park Farm live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£262,500
Joint 2,983rd cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,636
4,180th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Matchborough & Park Farm

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Matchborough & Park Farm at a rate of 57.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.8 per 1,000 people across Redditch.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences191
Other crime84
Anti-social behaviour58
Criminal damage and arson49
Vehicle crime22
Burglary16
Drug offences15
Shoplifting5
Robbery3
Theft from the person1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Matchborough & Park Farm compares

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Matchborough & Park FarmMiddle
Median sale price13 middle areas, Redditch · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Redditch13 areas from £185,000 to £368,000. The middle area is £265,000. Matchborough & Park Farm is £262,500.
£262,5006th cheapest
Population13 middle areas, Redditch · 2021
Population: every middle area in Redditch13 areas from 5,449 to 9,340. The middle area is 6,639. Matchborough & Park Farm is 7,636.
7,6363rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 middle areas, Redditch · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Redditch13 areas from 0.0% to 11.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Matchborough & Park Farm is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 middle areas, Redditch · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Redditch13 areas from 67.1% to 99.2%. The middle area is 90.3%. Matchborough & Park Farm is 85.5%.
85.5%2nd lowest

Is Matchborough & Park Farm safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Matchborough & Park Farm at a rate of 57.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 87.8 per 1,000 people across Redditch.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 37 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Matchborough & Park Farm.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (191), other crime (84) and anti-social behaviour (58).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Redditch

These figures are published for the whole of Redditch, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Redditch and not Matchborough & Park Farm alone. See Redditch

Average house price
£245,573
Down 1.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,251
73rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.0×
Joint 158th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
20.3
Joint 130th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Matchborough & Park Farm in brief

The median price paid for a home in Matchborough & Park Farm was £262,500 in 2025.

Matchborough & Park Farm had 7,636 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Matchborough & Park Farm live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Matchborough & Park Farm, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.