United Kingdom · West Midlands · Local Authority
Worcester
Non-metropolitan district · West Midlands, England · population ~100k · 34 state-funded schools
Higher than average earnings are offset by higher than average living costs. Worcester's median house price is 6.6 times median annual pay, and monthly rent takes 29% of gross median earnings, both slightly above the West Midlands median. While recorded crime is below the regional average at 60.2 per 1,000, deprivation is also higher than the regional median. The genuine strength here is education, with 94.9% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, better than 68% of England authorities. This is a place for those prioritising school quality and a slightly lower crime rate over career progression and lower living costs.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Worcester ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£39,515/yr
Mid
Around UK average
House price
£260,000
Mid-range
Better than 57% of UK LAs
Rent
£955/mo
Mid-range
Around UK average
Council tax
£2,406/yr
Mid
Better than 58% of UK LAs
Crime
60.2/1k
Low
Better than 71% of UK LAs
Deprivation
20.4
Mid
Worse than 57% of UK LAs
Schools
97.1%
Very strong
Better than 80% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
34 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
33 of 34 (97.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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34 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 34 schools, sortable and filterable.
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