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Wyre Forest 009C

Neighbourhood

Central Wyre Forest. 1,553 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.7 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Wyre Forest 009C is in decile 1.

Deprivation score
77.1
Joint 96th most deprived of 33,755
MHCLG · England only
Population
1,631
Joint 16,602nd most populated of 46,844
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
10.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wyre Forest 009C compares

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

Wyre Forest 009CMiddle
Deprivation scoreEngland only67 neighbourhoods, Wyre Forest · 2025
Deprivation score: every neighbourhood in Wyre Forest67 areas from 4.4 to 77.1. The middle area is 17.5. Wyre Forest 009C is 77.1.
77.1most deprived
Population67 neighbourhoods, Wyre Forest · 2021
Population: every neighbourhood in Wyre Forest67 areas from 1,085 to 2,422. The middle area is 1,498. Wyre Forest 009C is 1,631.
1,63117th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage67 neighbourhoods, Wyre Forest · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every neighbourhood in Wyre Forest67 areas from 32.5% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.6%. Wyre Forest 009C is 99.9%.
99.9%joint 7th highest
Claimant rate67 neighbourhoods, Wyre Forest · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every neighbourhood in Wyre Forest67 areas from 0.5% to 10.5%. The middle area is 2.7%. Wyre Forest 009C is 10.5%.
10.5%highest

Is Wyre Forest 009C safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wyre Forest 009C at a rate of 170.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 109.5 per 1,000 people across Birchen Coppice.

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

In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wyre Forest 009C.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (133), other crime (51) and anti-social behaviour (35).

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 Wyre Forest

These figures are published for the whole of Wyre Forest, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Wyre Forest and not Wyre Forest 009C alone. See Wyre Forest

Average house price
£233,740
Up 0.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,661
47th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.7×
Joint 147th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Population estimate
104,179
Up 0.6% in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Wyre Forest 009C in brief

Wyre Forest 009C has a deprivation score of 77.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Wyre Forest 009C had 1,631 usual residents at the census.

In Wyre Forest 009C, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wyre Forest 009C, 10.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.