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Wyre Forest Rural

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East Wyre Forest. About 10,550 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 75 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 53% of people in Wyre Forest Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,582
2,639th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
53%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
62.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Wyre Forest Rural compares

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

Wyre Forest RuralMiddle
Population12 wards, Wyre Forest · 2021
Population: every ward in Wyre Forest12 areas from 2,459 to 10,616. The middle area is 9,379. Wyre Forest Rural is 9,582.
9,5824th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares12 wards, Wyre Forest · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wyre Forest12 areas from 30.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 88.0%. Wyre Forest Rural is 53.0%.
53%2nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage12 wards, Wyre Forest · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wyre Forest12 areas from 62.1% to 99.2%. The middle area is 93.5%. Wyre Forest Rural is 62.1%.
62.1%lowest
Claimant rate12 wards, Wyre Forest · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wyre Forest12 areas from 2.0% to 4.6%. The middle area is 3.3%. Wyre Forest Rural is 2.0%.
2.0%lowest

Is Wyre Forest Rural safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wyre Forest Rural at a rate of 57.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.2 per 1,000 people across Wyre Forest.

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

In August 2026 alone, 57 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wyre Forest Rural.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (271), other crime (106) and anti-social behaviour (60).

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 ward, so they describe all of Wyre Forest and not Wyre Forest Rural 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
Deprivation score
22.1
113th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Wyre Forest Rural in brief

Wyre Forest Rural had 9,582 usual residents at the census.

About 53% of people in Wyre Forest Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Wyre Forest Rural, 62.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Wyre Forest Rural, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.