Wyre Forest

18°CLight rain

• Today: 23° / 10° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

255 reported · July 2026▲ 34% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences82
• Criminal damage & arson66
• Anti-social behaviour33
• Shoplifting22

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Oldington, Foley and Sutton Park · West Mercia

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

127 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 170 casualties · 12.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

351 food businesses within 2 miles

• 233 rated 4–5 ★ (188 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Coalyard Miniature Railway (2.2 km)
• 39 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£232,448 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Wyre Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£823 average monthly rent▼ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £583
• 2 bed £740
• 3 bed £895

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · ESSO (0.9 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Costa Drive-Through (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches27
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,610 residents in Wyre Forest · 520/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 114 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,512 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 49,150)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

40 schools · 13,746 pupils

27 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

36inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre Forest

579 CQC-registered services

• Care homes180
• GP practices90
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

77 applications decided

96.1% granted · 74 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mark Garnier

Conservative

Wyre Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 18
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,311 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,247 certificates

15.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Nuclear 16% · Solar 16% · Gas 2%

9 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

11 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in DY11

• Northumberland House Surgery
• Aylmer Lodge Cookley Partnership
• Wolverley Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wyre Forest:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office485 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s413 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership356 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test297 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership247 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Foley Park Halt railway station · 0.9 km

  Foley Park Halt was the first stop on the GWR Kidderminster to Bewdley loop line which now forms part of the Severn Valley Railway. It was located in the Kidderminster suburb of Foley Park where the railway went under…

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  West Midlands Safari Park · 1.2 km

  West Midlands Safari Park is a safari park located in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England. It was opened under the name of West Midland Safari Park in spring 1973.

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  Kidderminster Hospital · 1.2 km

  Kidderminster Hospital is an acute general hospital in Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England. It is managed by the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

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  Baxter College · 1.3 km

  Baxter College is a mixed secondary school with academy status located in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. Prior to September 2002 the school was known as Harry Cheshire High School. The school provides educati…

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  St John's Church, Kidderminster · 1.3 km

  St John's Church, Kidderminster is a Church of England parish church in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The church is a Grade II listed building.

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  Habberley, Worcestershire · 1.4 km

  Habberley was one of the hamlets of the ancient parish of Kidderminster in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is now divided so that part of it is an area of the town of Kidderminster and part of it is within…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)