Deprivation Statistics Comparison for Offmore & Comberton, Wyre Forest

English Indices of Deprivation statistical comparisons for Lower-Super Output Areas in Offmore & Comberton, Wyre Forest, Worcestershire

We have used the 10 English index of deprivation statistics Lower-Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in Offmore & Comberton, to provide you with an at-a-glace overview of deprivation in this area of Wyre Forest. We have combined these statitics into an English ward level, as most people are familiar with this geospacial area in their town or city. Here are those 10 marked on a map:

Each area has its own decile score. This is where each LSOA in England is ranked according to the level of deprivation and split into 10 equal groups. A decile score of 1 means the area is in the top 10% of deprived areas, 2 is equal to the top 20% and so forth. To simply these scores and apply them to a ward, we have created the iLiveHere rating. This takes the average decile score of all the LSOAs in a ward and converts that into a rating out of 10, where 1 is the best and 10 is the worst. We have then used to traffic light colour system as an at-a-glance reference. As you scroll down this page, the more red ratings you see, the more deprived Offmore & Comberton is. Indices of Deprivation statistics and are broken down into domains of deprivation or more simply, categories. These category scores are combined using a percentage weighting to give a an LSOA its final indices of deprivation score, decile and rank:

  • Income Deprivation (22.5%)
  • Employment Deprivation (22.5%)
  • Education, Skills and Training Deprivation (13.5%)
  • Health Deprivation and Disability (13.5%)
  • Crime (9.3%)
  • Barriers to Housing and Services (9.3%)
  • Living Environment Deprivation (9.3%)
Below we have split the Living Environment Deprivation category into its sub-categories. We think having individual iLiveHere ratings for Inside Environment and Outside Environment provides a better insight to the housing quality and outside space in Offmore & Comberton. However, the Living Environment Deprivation decile is used for the overall ward iLiveHere rating.

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Overall Deprivation in Offmore & Comberton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
Taking into consideration all the English Indices of Deprivation (2019) domains, this is our overall iLiveHere rating for Offmore & Comberton. It is certainly something you should take into account if you are thinking of moving to this area of Wyre Forest.
LSOA Name IMD Score IMD Rank (England) IMD Decile
Wyre Forest 007B 38.756 4646/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 007C 38.476 4738/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 004D 37.58 5016/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 007A 30.713 7686/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 003D 17.768 16341/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 007D 14.47 19473/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007F 11.091 23226/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 003C 10.673 23685/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 003E 8.171 26862/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 007E 6.969 28369/32,844 9

Income Deprivation in Offmore & Comberton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what proportion of the population are experiencing deprivation relating to low income in Offmore & Comberton. The definition of low income the government uses to compile these statistics includes those who are out-of-work (for any reason, not just unemployment) and those that are in work but satisfy the IMD means tests. In the real world, this means they may qualify for means tested benefits such as Universal Credit or legacy benefits such as Working Tax Credits. You should not to assume that this rating is an indicator of overall poverty in this ward.
LSOA Name Income Score Income Rank (England) Income Decile
Wyre Forest 007B 0.253 3899/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 007C 0.25 4015/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 004D 0.193 7126/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 007A 0.156 9997/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 003D 0.096 16914/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007D 0.071 21227/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 003C 0.07 21606/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 007F 0.067 22065/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 007E 0.036 29445/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 003E 0.036 29622/32,844 10

Employment Deprivation in Offmore & Comberton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an iundicator of the proportion of working-age residents in Offmore & Comberton who are excluded from the jobs market. These are people who are involuntarily deprived of work. The IMD domains include people who are unemployment, those who are sick or disabled, and carers. Since the government no longer publishes percentage figures for unemployment after the introduction of Universal Credit, his is now the only reliable indictor of joblessness in this ward. The higher the iLiveHere rating, the harder it could be to get work.
LSOA Name Employment Score Employment Rank (England) Employment Decile
Wyre Forest 007B 0.22 2253/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 007C 0.177 4487/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 004D 0.147 6813/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 007A 0.12 9661/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 007D 0.094 13617/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 003D 0.083 15763/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 007F 0.069 19062/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 003C 0.061 21126/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 003E 0.051 24259/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 007E 0.041 27474/32,844 9

Education, Skills and Training Deprivation in Offmore & Comberton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating ia an indicator of the lack of formal qualification and job-based skills in the Offmore & Comberton population. The average Education, Skill and Training rank for children (15043/32,844) in Offmore & Comberton is more than the adult average rank (12990/32,844). It could be argued that the more educated children leave the area.
LSOA Name Education Score Education Rank (England) Education Decile
Wyre Forest 007C 51.65 2938/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 007B 37.077 6171/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 004D 27.849 9459/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 007A 25.083 10787/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 007F 24.784 10954/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 003C 15.2 17205/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 003D 12.987 19053/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 003E 12.237 19734/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 007E 9.541 22333/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 007D 8.242 23694/32,844 8

Health Deprivation and Disability in Offmore & Comberton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is indictor of the risk of dying prematurely or having your quality of life impaired through poor physical or mental health in Offmore & Comberton. The IMD domain measures morbidity, disability and premature mortality. However, it does not take into consideration but personal behaviour or environmental factors that may be predictive of future health problems. See Outdoor Deprivation for depivation that includes environmental factors such as local pullution levels.
LSOA Name Health Score Health Rank (England) Health Decile
Wyre Forest 004D 0.927 4810/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 007C 0.876 5253/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 007B 0.858 5384/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 007A 0.333 11165/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 003D -0.046 16717/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007D -0.123 17940/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 003E -0.333 21170/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 003C -0.395 22052/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 007F -0.395 22058/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 007E -0.405 22182/32,844 7

Crime Deprivation in Offmore & Comberton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 6/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indictor of how likely you are to be a victim of personal and material crime in Offmore & Comberton. In policing statistics, this is known as 'street level crime' and includes offences such as robbery, burglary and other personal violent crime.
LSOA Name Crime Score Crime Rank (England) Crime Decile
Wyre Forest 004D 1.25 1978/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 007A 0.807 5335/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 007C 0.717 6313/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 003D 0.508 8970/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 007B 0.357 11061/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 007D -0.064 17597/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007E -0.115 18363/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 003C -0.2 19618/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007F -0.771 27012/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 003E -0.893 28171/32,844 9

There were 279 street level crime incidents in the Policing neighbourhood that covers Offmore & Comberton in January 2024

Barriers to Housing and Services in Offmore & Comberton

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Average
iLivehere Rating 5/10
This iLiveHere rating measures the financial accessibility and physical accessibility to housing and local services in Offmore & Comberton. I bad rating in an urban area indicates how unaffordable the housing could be. A bad rating in a rural area is an indicator of the absense of local services.
LSOA Name Barriers Score Barriers Rank (England) Barriers Decile
Wyre Forest 004D 27.859 8555/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 007E 20.861 15651/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 007B 20.451 16130/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 007C 18.116 18973/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007D 17.743 19466/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007F 17.738 19472/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 003E 17.674 19560/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007A 16.947 20506/32,844 7
Wyre Forest 003D 13.915 24342/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 003C 12.553 25945/32,844 8

Inside Environment Deprivation in Offmore & Comberton

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Below Average
iLivehere Rating 7/10
This iLivehHere rating is an indicator of the quality of housing in Offmore & Comberton. A bad rating in an equally income deprived ward, could be because of poorly maintained rented accomodation. A bad rating in a non income deprived area, could be because the small size of housing in relation to costs.
LSOA Name Inside Score Inside Rank (England) Inside Decile
Wyre Forest 007A 1.768 492/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 004D 1.119 2986/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 003D 1.078 3273/32,844 1
Wyre Forest 007D 0.792 5764/32,844 2
Wyre Forest 003E 0.533 8754/32,844 3
Wyre Forest 003C 0.428 10152/32,844 4
Wyre Forest 007B 0.148 14153/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 007C 0.117 14646/32,844 5
Wyre Forest 007E -0.498 23892/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 007F -0.579 24899/32,844 8

Outside Environment Deprivation in Offmore & Comberton

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Very Good
iLivehere Rating 2/10
This iLiveHere rating is an indicator of what the outdoors environment is like in Offmore & Comberton. The IMD domains measure the air quality and the rate of road traffic accidents in each LSOA.
LSOA Name Outside Score Outside (England) Outside Decile
Wyre Forest 004D -0.175 18236/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 007A -0.2 18647/32,844 6
Wyre Forest 003D -0.494 23392/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 007D -0.495 23417/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 003E -0.613 25085/32,844 8
Wyre Forest 003C -0.723 26489/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 007E -0.732 26592/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 007C -0.768 27037/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 007F -1.013 29557/32,844 9
Wyre Forest 007B -1.085 30133/32,844 10

Disclaimer: Although every care has been taken to make sure there are no mistakes in the data presented on this page, you should verify these figures with the official data source.