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Forebridge

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South east Stafford. About 4,024 people in 2.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 22% of people in Forebridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,652
Joint 1,660th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
22%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
78.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Forebridge compares

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

ForebridgeMiddle
Population23 wards, Stafford · 2021
Population: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 2,821 to 10,231. The middle area is 6,501. Forebridge is 3,652.
3,6525th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares23 wards, Stafford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 8.0%. Forebridge is 22.0%.
22%7th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage23 wards, Stafford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 47.2% to 99.7%. The middle area is 92.9%. Forebridge is 78.6%.
78.6%7th lowest
Claimant rate23 wards, Stafford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Stafford23 areas from 1.3% to 6.3%. The middle area is 2.1%. Forebridge is 6.3%.
6.3%highest

Is Forebridge safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Forebridge at a rate of 518.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 81.5 per 1,000 people across Stafford.

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

In August 2026 alone, 229 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Forebridge.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (736), other crime (535) and anti-social behaviour (371).

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 Stafford

These figures are published for the whole of Stafford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Stafford and not Forebridge alone. See Stafford

Average house price
£258,024
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,726
147th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.5×
Joint 128th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.9
Joint 77th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Forebridge in brief

Forebridge had 3,652 usual residents at the census.

About 22% of people in Forebridge live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Forebridge, 78.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Forebridge, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.