Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay
TownTown in South Staffordshire, West Midlands.
Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 24% of people in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay at a rate of 56.2 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, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (447), other crime (172) and anti-social behaviour (101).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay was 54.6 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 Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire 002A | 1,484 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.8% |
| South Staffordshire 004A | 1,246 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| South Staffordshire 004B | 1,610 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| South Staffordshire 004C | 1,148 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.3% |
| South Staffordshire 004D | 1,306 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| South Staffordshire 004E | 1,026 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| South Staffordshire 004F | 1,987 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.5% |
| South Staffordshire 004G | 1,456 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.0% |
| South Staffordshire 005A | 1,972 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.2% |
| South Staffordshire 005B | 1,330 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.5% |
| South Staffordshire 005C | 1,331 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.5% |
| South Staffordshire 005D | 1,500 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| South Staffordshire 005E | 1,374 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
Your MP
- Sir Gavin WilliamsonConservativeMP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay2
Middle areas in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay2
Towns near Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay6
Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay in brief
Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay is a town in South Staffordshire, West Midlands.
About 18,118 people lived in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £255,000 in 2025 across 290 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay was £255,000 in 2025.
Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay had 17,647 usual residents at the census.
About 24% of people in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.