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Forsbrook

Ward

South Staffordshire Moorlands. About 5,329 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 6% of people in Forsbrook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,068
2,809th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
6%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Forsbrook compares

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

ForsbrookMiddle
Population27 wards, Staffordshire Moorlands · 2021
Population: every ward in Staffordshire Moorlands27 areas from 1,356 to 6,061. The middle area is 3,401. Forsbrook is 5,068.
5,0688th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares27 wards, Staffordshire Moorlands · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Staffordshire Moorlands27 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 83.0%. Forsbrook is 6.0%.
6%2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage27 wards, Staffordshire Moorlands · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Staffordshire Moorlands27 areas from 13.3% to 99.2%. The middle area is 82.3%. Forsbrook is 90.0%.
90.0%9th highest
Claimant rate27 wards, Staffordshire Moorlands · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Staffordshire Moorlands27 areas from 0.5% to 4.0%. The middle area is 1.5%. Forsbrook is 1.5%.
1.5%joint 12th lowest

Is Forsbrook safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Forsbrook at a rate of 64.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.6 per 1,000 people across Staffordshire Moorlands.

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

In August 2026 alone, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Forsbrook.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (156), other crime (66) and anti-social behaviour (41).

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 Staffordshire Moorlands

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

Average house price
£224,481
Up 5.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,228
167th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.9×
Joint 90th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.8
93rd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Forsbrook in brief

Forsbrook had 5,068 usual residents at the census.

About 6% of people in Forsbrook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Forsbrook, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Forsbrook, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.