October 2026 report
Area reports · West Midlands · Bromsgrove
West Midlands · Local authority district

Bromsgrove

How Bromsgrove compares with the 316 districts of England and Wales on prices, market activity, people, homes, transport and safety, from the same data our valuations use.

Price per m²
£3,872
+5.0% on the year
HPAI Property Index
53/100
Ranked 133rd of 316 districts
Sales a month
88
-32% on the year
Recorded crime
50 per 1,000
Median district 71

HPAI Swatch

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Top row: how things areBottom row: which way they are moving
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Price per m²

£3,872/m²

Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, all property types.

Band 5/8Score 12/20 Weight in the index 15%

Areas alike

Districts with the most similar character to Bromsgrove: price level, sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use, crime and carbon, from the HPAI Swatch. Useful if you like this area but want to compare options.

South Staffordshire
91% alike
Same band for price, sales, crime, carbon
Fewer rail journeysLess dense: 280/km²Prices falling there (-0.6%)
Stroud
87% alike
Same band for price, rail use, crime, carbon
Busier market: 119 sales a monthLess energy-efficient homes
Lichfield
85% alike
Same band for price
More energy-efficient homesBusier market: 107 sales a monthPrices falling there (-0.7%)
High Peak
85% alike
Same band for sales
Less dense: 170/km²Higher crime: 59 per 1,000
Mid Suffolk
84% alike
Same band for energy efficiency, rail use
Less dense: 128/km²Busier market: 114 sales a monthPrices falling there (-1.1%)
Malvern Hills
84% alike
Same band for price
Less energy-efficient homesLess dense: 146/km²

Alike but cheaper

Similar character, at least 15% lower price per m² than Bromsgrove's £3,872

Fylde
90% alike
Same band for sales, density, crime, carbon
Cheaper: £2,903/m²Fewer rail journeysPrices falling there (-0.8%)
West Lancashire
88% alike
Same band for energy efficiency
Cheaper: £2,911/m²More rail journeys
North East Derbyshire
82% alike
Same band for sales, energy efficiency, crime
Cheaper: £2,951/m²Lower-carbon homesPrices falling there (-1.1%)
Ribble Valley
82% alike
Same band for energy efficiency
Less dense: 114/km²Cheaper: £3,071/m²Prices falling there (-0.4%)

Buying costs

At today's 5.36% five-year fixed mortgage rate (August 2026), a typical detached house in Bromsgrove (£495,000) costs about £2,249 a month with a 25% deposit over 25 years. With inflation at 3.1%, prices are up 1.8% on the year in real terms.

Market conditions

Latest published, August 2026

5.36%5-year fixed mortgage rate (75% loan-to-value, Bank of England) +0.50 points on a year ago
3.1%Inflation (CPI, ONS) 3.8% a year ago

Repayment calculator

Starts from the median price of each property type in Bromsgrove (last 12 months). Change any figure.

£2,249a month
Loan
£371,250
Deposit
£123,750
Total interest
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Income lenders may look for (4.5×)
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A guide only: repayment mortgage at a fixed rate for the whole term; lenders' rates, fees and criteria vary.

Prices

Homes in Bromsgrove sell for £3,872 per m² (12-month median, all property types), 21% above the West Midlands median. Prices rose 5.0% over the last year.

Price per m², last 10 years

12-month median, all property types, against the region and the median district in England and Wales

By property type

Last 12 months

Type£/m²YearMedian price
Detached3,932 +5.9%£495,000
Semi-detached3,715 +4.5%£367,750
Terraced3,295 +3.9%£250,000
Flat2,773 -7.5%£172,500

Market

About 1,050 homes sold in the last 12 months, 37% of them detacheds. Activity is down 32% on a year ago.

Sales a month

Open-market sales registered with HM Land Registry; the line is the 12-month average

What sells

Sales by property type, last 12 months

People & homes

102,870 people live in Bromsgrove, 474 per km² across 217.0 km². The population changed by +0.6% in the last year.

Population

ONS mid-year estimates (projected after the latest year)

Homes and energy

Energy Performance Certificates and ONS

65Average EPC scoreBand 4 of 8
4.3 tCO₂ a home a yearBand 2 of 8
474Residents per km²Band 4 of 8

Transport

5 rail stations with 1.7 million entries and exits in 2025. Bromsgrove accounts for 40%.

Rail stations

Entries and exits, 2025 (Office of Rail and Road), with the change on the previous year

Safety

50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year (Apr 2025 - Mar 2026), higher than 14% of districts; the median district has 71. Crime is down 1.9% on the year.

Recorded crime, 12 months to each March

Home Office police recorded crime; anti-social behaviour isn't recorded crime. Note: figure for the combined partnership area (North Worcestershire), shared between its councils as police.uk places the crime

Main types

Recorded crimes, Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Schools

36 schools take primary-age pupils and 12 secondary-age, 18,149 pupils in all. Distances to a particular home, and admissions rules, are in each valuation report.

Latest inspection outcomes

Ofsted, in Ofsted's own terms; report cards (from November 2025) have no overall grade; Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn

How hard it is to get in

First-choice applications and offers, latest entry year (DfE, England)

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October 2026 report: as up to date as it can be. Every figure is the latest each source has published. Where an official source runs behind (population, rail passengers), we project it forward to today from its own trend and mark it as projected. Latest periods:

  • Sales and prices: to August 2026 (HM Land Registry)
  • Recorded crime: year to March 2026 (Home Office)
  • Population: mid-2025 estimates, projected to date (ONS)
  • Rail passengers: year to March 2025, projected after that (Office of Rail and Road)
  • Schools: latest published inspections and admissions (Ofsted, DfE)
  • Energy and homes: certificates lodged to date (EPC register)

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