# Wombourne Town in South Staffordshire, West Midlands. Wombourne is a town in South Staffordshire, West Midlands. Median sale price £310,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 50.1 per 1,000 people. About 13,353 people. Town. Code E63002821. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) Wombourne is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Wombourne 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: £310,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wombourne was £310,000 in 2025. Joint 391st 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/wombourne#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 12,810** (2021). Wombourne had 12,810 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 398th 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/wombourne#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 93%** (2022). About 93% of people in Wombourne 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/wombourne#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.8%** (January 2026). In Wombourne, 90.8% 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/wombourne#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002821) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 93% of people in Wombourne 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=E63002821) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 194 homes were sold in Wombourne in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002821) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Wombourne. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002821) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Wombourne had 12,810 usual residents at the census. ## How Wombourne compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Wombourne | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £310,000 | 13th most expensive | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 12,810 | 24th least populated | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 93% | 21st most people in radon Affected Areas | 88 towns, West Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.8% | 18th lowest | 88 towns, West Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Wombourne safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wombourne at a rate of 50.1 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, 50 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wombourne. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (267), other crime (117) and anti-social behaviour (90). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Wombourne was 49.1 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 Wombourne, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Wombourne has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Wombourne | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [South Staffordshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029671) | 1,518 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% | | [South Staffordshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029673) | 1,514 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.5% | | [South Staffordshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029676) | 1,090 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.0% | | [South Staffordshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029679) | 1,479 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% | | [South Staffordshire 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029680) | 1,521 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% | | [South Staffordshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029674) | 1,705 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 61.8% | | [South Staffordshire 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029675) | 1,457 | 26.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% | | [South Staffordshire 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029677) | 1,367 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% | | [South Staffordshire 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/neighbourhood/e01029678) | 1,574 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.7% | ## Your MP - [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire): Mike Wood (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 [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) ## Postcode districts covering Wombourne [WV5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wv5) ## Middle areas in Wombourne [Wombourne Inner](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/wombourne-inner), [Wombourne Outer, Swindon & Seisdon](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire/wombourne-outer-swindon-and-seisdon) ## Towns near Wombourne [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton), [Kingswinford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswinford), [Sedgley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sedgley), [Perton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/perton), [Coseley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coseley), [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dudley) ## Wombourne in brief Wombourne is a town in South Staffordshire, West Midlands. About 13,353 people lived in Wombourne in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 194 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Wombourne was £310,000 in 2025. Wombourne had 12,810 usual residents at the census. About 93% of people in Wombourne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Wombourne, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002821 - Constituency: [Kingswinford and South Staffordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/kingswinford-and-south-staffordshire) - Council: [South Staffordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) - Region: [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/west-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.31 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,353* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 43 * 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 [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton), [Kingswinford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kingswinford), [Sedgley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sedgley), [Perton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/perton), [Coseley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coseley), [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dudley) ## Latest updates for Wombourne - 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/E63002821 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombourne, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombourne#f-house-sales-median-price. 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