United Kingdom · North West · Local Authority
Wyre
Non-metropolitan district · North West, England · population ~113k · 51 state-funded schools
Low crime and affordable rents come at the cost of lower earnings. Wyre's median monthly rent takes 23.3% of gross pay, well below the North West median, and recorded crime is notably low at 58.8 per 1,000 people, below the regional median. However, median weekly earnings are £709.10, also below the North West average, and house prices represent a multiple of 5.3 times annual pay. This suits those prioritising a lower cost of living and safety over higher earning potential, though school quality is average for the region.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Wyre ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,873/yr
Low
Worse than 76% of UK LAs
House price
£195,000
Most affordable
Better than 83% of UK LAs
Rent
£717/mo
Most affordable
Better than 87% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,461/yr
Mid
Worse than 57% of UK LAs
Crime
58.8/1k
Low
Better than 73% of UK LAs
Deprivation
20.9
Mid
Worse than 59% of UK LAs
Schools
90.2%
Weak
Worse than 72% 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
51 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
46 of 51 (90.2%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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51 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 51 schools, sortable and filterable.
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.