# Bewdley

Town in Wyre Forest, West Midlands.

Bewdley is a town in Wyre Forest, West Midlands. Median sale price £287,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 57.7 per 1,000 people. About 8,200 people.

Town. Code E63003073. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest)

Bewdley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bewdley add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £287,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bewdley was £287,500 in 2025. Joint 452nd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bewdley#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,285** (2021). Bewdley had 8,285 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 84th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bewdley#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 58%** (2022). About 58% of people in Bewdley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bewdley#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.2%** (January 2026). In Bewdley, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bewdley#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003073) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 58% of people in Bewdley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003073) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 145 homes were sold in Bewdley in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003073) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Bewdley.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003073) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Bewdley had 8,285 usual residents at the census.

## How Bewdley compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Bewdley | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £287,500 | 18th most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 8,285 | 6th least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 58% | 43rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.2% | 7th lowest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Bewdley safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bewdley at a rate of 57.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.4 per 1,000 people across West Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bewdley.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (244), anti-social behaviour (70) and other crime (64).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bewdley was 57.9 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Bewdley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bewdley has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Bewdley

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wyre Forest 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032430) | 1,814 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 56.6% |
| [Wyre Forest 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032480) | 1,733 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% |
| [Wyre Forest 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032482) | 1,362 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| [Wyre Forest 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032427) | 1,527 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.9% |
| [Wyre Forest 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032428) | 1,548 | 177.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 41.5% |
| [Wyre Forest 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/neighbourhood/e01032429) | 1,458 | 16.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.2% |

## Your MP

- [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wyre-forest): Mark Garnier (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest)

## Postcode districts covering Bewdley

[DY12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dy12)

## Middle areas in Bewdley

[Bewdley East & Upper Arley](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/bewdley-east-and-upper-arley), [Bewdley West, Ribbesford & Far Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest/bewdley-west-ribbesford-and-far-forest)

## Towns near Bewdley

[Kidderminster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidderminster), [Stourport-on-Severn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourport-on-severn), [Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourbridge), [Kingswinford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswinford), [Droitwich Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/town/droitwich-spa), [Brierley Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierley-hill)

## Bewdley in brief

Bewdley is a town in Wyre Forest, West Midlands.
About 8,200 people lived in Bewdley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £287,500 in 2025 across 145 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bewdley was £287,500 in 2025.
Bewdley had 8,285 usual residents at the census.
About 58% of people in Bewdley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bewdley, 87.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003073
- Constituency: [Wyre Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wyre-forest)
- Council: [Wyre Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest)
- Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.54 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,200*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 28

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Kidderminster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kidderminster), [Stourport-on-Severn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourport-on-severn), [Stourbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stourbridge), [Kingswinford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswinford), [Droitwich Spa](https://openindex.co.uk/town/droitwich-spa), [Brierley Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brierley-hill)

## Latest updates for Bewdley

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003073

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/bewdley, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/bewdley#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/bewdley