United Kingdom · West Midlands · Local Authority
Wyre Forest
Non-metropolitan district · West Midlands, England · population ~101k · 36 state-funded schools
Affordable to rent, but expensive to buy into relative to pay. Wyre Forest's median monthly rent takes 28.3% of gross median earnings, below the West Midlands median of £926.50, and its median house price is a high 7.2 times annual pay, above the regional average. Recorded crime is low, ranking 7 of 30 in the region, but deprivation is high, with a score above the West Midlands median. The standout figure is education, with 94.9% of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools, ranking 3 of 30 in the region. This suits families prioritising school quality and lower rents, but where career progression is less of a concern.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Wyre Forest ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£36,031/yr
Very low
Worse than 83% of UK LAs
House price
£260,000
Mid-range
Better than 57% of UK LAs
Rent
£849/mo
Affordable
Better than 66% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,512/yr
Expensive
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Crime
60.2/1k
Low
Better than 71% of UK LAs
Deprivation
22.4
High
Worse than 65% of UK LAs
Schools
91.4%
Weak
Worse than 63% 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
35 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
32 of 35 (91.4%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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36 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 36 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.