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Great Wyrley Town

Ward

The north east of the South Staffordshire. About 5,398 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Great Wyrley Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,153
Joint 2,872nd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Great Wyrley Town compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Great Wyrley TownMiddle
Population20 wards, South Staffordshire · 2021
Population: every ward in South Staffordshire20 areas from 2,302 to 8,676. The middle area is 5,237. Great Wyrley Town is 5,153.
5,1539th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, South Staffordshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in South Staffordshire20 areas from 0.0% to 95.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Great Wyrley Town is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, South Staffordshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in South Staffordshire20 areas from 33.3% to 99.8%. The middle area is 86.2%. Great Wyrley Town is 97.4%.
97.4%3rd highest
Claimant rate20 wards, South Staffordshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in South Staffordshire20 areas from 1.6% to 4.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Great Wyrley Town is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 9th lowest

Is Great Wyrley Town safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Wyrley Town at a rate of 70.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 59.3 per 1,000 people across South Staffordshire.

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

In August 2026 alone, 36 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Wyrley Town.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (174), other crime (80) and shoplifting (65).

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 South Staffordshire

These figures are published for the whole of South Staffordshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Staffordshire and not Great Wyrley Town alone. See South Staffordshire

Average house price
£308,695
Up 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,788
167th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.0×
Joint 133rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.5
71st least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Great Wyrley Town in brief

Great Wyrley Town had 5,153 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Great Wyrley Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Great Wyrley Town, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Great Wyrley Town, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.