Kidderminster

22°COvercast

• 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

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

422 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences132
• Criminal damage & arson71
• Anti-social behaviour68
• Shoplifting48

4 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Greenhill · 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)

301 food businesses within 2 miles

• 204 rated 4–5 ★ (160 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Coalyard Miniature Railway (0.8 km)
• 46 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 (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · ESSO (1.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Weavers Wharf (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Sports pitches37
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

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
• 79 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)

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics11
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés70

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

752 jobs advertised · £41,043 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Roadside Technician

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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  Municipal Borough of Kidderminster · 0.1 km

  The Municipal Borough of Kidderminster was a local government district in Worcestershire, that existed from 1835 to 1974. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, to form part of the Wyre Forest D…

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  Kidderminster · 0.1 km

  Kidderminster is a market town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Birmingham and 15 miles (24 km) north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Sev…

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  Kidderminster Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Kidderminster Town Hall is the town hall of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The complex, which includes the corn exchange and the town hall and is the home of Kidderminster Town Council, is grade II listed.

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  St Mary and All Saints' Church, Kidderminster · 0.2 km

  St Mary and All Saints’ Church, Kidderminster is a Grade I listed Major Parish Church in the Church of England in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.

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  The Wyre · 0.3 km

  107.2 The Wyre was an Independent Local Radio station serving Kidderminster, Bewdley, Stourport-on-Severn, Stourbridge and Bromsgrove in England. The station was owned by MNA Broadcasting but was sold to UTV Media and…

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  Kidderminster College · 0.3 km

  Kidderminster College is a post-16 comprehensive college in Kidderminster, England, providing full and part-time adult education. It offers courses that specialise in hairdressing, engineering, creative industries, bu…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)