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Find your town in Worcestershire

Worcestershire has 22 towns of 2,500 or more and 90 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

22graded towns

3grade A− or better

90villages and smaller places

Worcesterlargest · 105,439

How Worcestershire compares: its report card →

Catholic Church, Holy Cross Worcestershire

#1 in WorcestershireHagleyA⁺

#2 in WorcestershireFernhill HeathA⁻

#3 in WorcestershireBarnt GreenA⁻

#4 in WorcestershireHollywoodB⁺

Worcestershire at a glance

What Worcestershire is like

The typical Worcestershire town grades highest on cost of living and health against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on hazard risk. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Worcestershire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How Worcestershire’s towns grade overall22 graded towns

A3B13C3D3

3 of 22 (14%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Worcestershire list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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22 towns · ordered by Worcestershire rank

A⁺

Hagley

Town · 7,012 people · #60 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestC⁻Hazard risk

A⁻

Fernhill Heath

Town · 3,295 people · #466 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeA⁻HealthLowestDWalkability

A⁻

Barnt Green

Town · 3,821 people · #511 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeAHealthLowestC⁻Schools

B⁺

Hollywood

Town · 6,944 people · #605 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Walkability

B⁺

Alvechurch

Town · 3,412 people · #607 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻HealthLowestDSchools

B⁺

Astwood Bank

Town · 3,248 people · #611 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyAHazard riskLowestDWalkability

B⁺

Bromsgrove

Large town · 34,759 people · #738 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingBWalkabilityLowestC⁻Hazard risk

Catshill

Town · 10,173 people · #781 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingBJobs & incomeLowestDWalkability

Tenbury Wells

Town · 3,936 people · #802 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB⁺Cost of livingLowestDJobs & income

Broadway

Town · 2,719 people · #885 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityA⁻HealthLowestD⁻Schools

B⁻

Pershore

Town · 8,207 people · #1,049 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingB⁺SchoolsLowestC⁻Safety

B⁻

Kempsey

Town · 3,753 people · #1,083 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBHealthBCost of livingLowestDWalkability

B⁻

Great Malvern

Large town · 33,194 people · #1,085 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityBCost of livingLowestC⁺Jobs & income

B⁻

Droitwich Spa

Large town · 26,413 people · #1,121 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingBWalkabilityLowestC⁻Schools

B⁻

Honeybourne

Town · 3,104 people · #1,131 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyBCost of livingLowestD⁻Schools

B⁻

Worcester

City · 105,439 people · #1,143 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB⁺Cost of livingLowestDSafety

C⁺

Badsey

Town · 2,722 people · #1,215 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺SafetyB⁺Cost of livingLowestDWalkability

C⁺

Evesham

Large town · 28,256 people · #1,305 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingA⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁻Safety

C⁻

Bewdley

Town · 8,285 people · #1,752 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁻HealthC⁺WalkabilityLowestDSchools

Stourport-on-Severn

Large town · 20,302 people · #1,869 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestC⁺Cost of livingCSchoolsLowestC⁻Hazard risk

Redditch

Large town · 81,634 people · #1,942 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBWalkabilityB⁻Cost of livingLowestDSchools

Kidderminster

Large town · 57,567 people · #1,946 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBWalkabilityB⁻Cost of livingLowestDSchools

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Worcestershire lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

All Worcestershire rankings →

Best places to live22 towns · #1 Hagley Most affordable towns22 towns · #1 Bromsgrove Safest towns22 towns · #1 Astwood Bank Towns with the best schools22 towns · #1 Hagley Healthiest towns22 towns · #1 Hagley Best towns for jobs & income22 towns · #1 Barnt Green Most walkable towns22 towns · #1 Tenbury Wells Towns with the lowest flood risk22 towns · #1 Alvechurch and 2 more Best towns for the outdoors22 towns · #1 Great Malvern Most historic towns22 towns · #1 Bewdley Towns with the most civic life22 towns · #1 Broadway Towns with the highest household incomes22 towns · #1 Barnt GreenDescribed, no letters Towns with the lowest council tax22 towns · #1 Droitwich SpaDescribed, no letters Towns with the mildest winters22 towns · #1 Great MalvernDescribed, no letters Towns with the warmest summers22 towns · #1 WorcesterDescribed, no letters Towns with the coolest summers22 towns · #1 CatshillDescribed, no letters Towns with the fewest frosts22 towns · #1 Great MalvernDescribed, no letters Driest towns22 towns · #1 HoneybourneDescribed, no letters Wettest towns22 towns · #1 Great MalvernDescribed, no letters

Villages and small towns

90 smaller places in Worcestershire

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

65 places under 1,000 people

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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