Telford and Wrekin: local statistics
Telford and Wrekin is a unitary authority in the West Midlands, home to an estimated 199,378 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Telford and Wrekin, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
199,378 people lived in Telford and Wrekin in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of +1.7% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 15.3% (the West Midlands: +7.8%). That is the 3rd fastest growth in the West Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
Average Band D council tax in Telford and Wrekin is £2,256.26 for 2026-27, 5.1% more than in 2025-26. That makes it 26th of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,542.13.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Telford and Wrekin at £226,893 for July 2026, a rise of 3.2% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 24th highest of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands; the average for the West Midlands was £250,880. This July figure is the highest in the series, 58% up on July 2016. The average price is 6.3 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Telford and Wrekin. That ratio is the 21st highest ratio of 30 in the West Midlands.
The median full-time employee living in Telford and Wrekin was paid £692.50 a week before tax in April 2025 (£36,044 a year). It is the 25th highest of all 30 council areas in the West Midlands, and 5.3% less than across the West Midlands. Jobs based in Telford and Wrekin paid a median £712.00 a week, £19.50 more than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £464.50, so it has risen 49% before inflation.
Life expectancy at birth in Telford and Wrekin is 82.2 years for women and 78.3 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.3 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.3 less. It is the 23rd highest for women of 30 in the West Midlands.
The claimant count for Telford and Wrekin stood at 4,885 in August 2026, or 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the West Midlands was 5.3%. A year earlier the rate was 3.7%. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.7% in August 2021 and was lowest at 3.2% in May 2023.
Police recorded 14,301 crimes in Telford and Wrekin in the year to March 2026, 71.7 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of all 22 council areas in the West Midlands (11th highest rate). The rate was 73.5 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 69.8 to 92.0 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The ONS counted 7,200 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Telford and Wrekin in March 2026, 19% more than in 2016. That is 36 for every 1,000 residents, 21st of 30 in the West Midlands, counting from the highest.
An estimated 77.7% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Telford and Wrekin were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 4.1 points either way; the figure for the West Midlands was 73.6%. Its lowest reading in the series was 72.5% and its highest 77.7%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 172,898 |
| 2016 | 175,352 |
| 2017 | 177,528 |
| 2018 | 179,548 |
| 2019 | 182,081 |
| 2020 | 183,483 |
| 2021 | 185,857 |
| 2022 | 188,960 |
| 2023 | 192,358 |
| 2024 | 196,090 |
| 2025 | 199,378 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £143,950 |
| July 2017 | £148,635 |
| July 2018 | £155,363 |
| July 2019 | £155,681 |
| July 2020 | £161,639 |
| July 2021 | £186,277 |
| July 2022 | £207,305 |
| July 2023 | £216,268 |
| July 2024 | £217,044 |
| July 2025 | £219,754 |
| July 2026 | £226,893 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £464.50 a week |
| 2016 | £482.00 a week |
| 2017 | £478.50 a week |
| 2018 | £508.50 a week |
| 2019 | £539.30 a week |
| 2020 | £532.00 a week |
| 2021 | £559.20 a week |
| 2022 | £603.30 a week |
| 2023 | £664.00 a week |
| 2024 | £661.20 a week |
| 2025 | £692.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,542.13 |
| 2017-18 | £1,588.57 |
| 2018-19 | £1,639.73 |
| 2019-20 | £1,703.97 |
| 2020-21 | £1,773.17 |
| 2021-22 | £1,861.54 |
| 2022-23 | £1,886.64 |
| 2023-24 | £1,935.60 |
| 2024-25 | £2,037.49 |
| 2025-26 | £2,146.19 |
| 2026-27 | £2,256.26 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 75.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 84.3 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 86.2 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 85.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 87.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 69.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 87.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 92.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 81.2 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 73.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 71.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.0% |
| 2016/17 | 74.9% |
| 2017/18 | 72.5% |
| 2018/19 | 74.0% |
| 2019/20 | 74.8% |
| 2020/21 | 73.0% |
| 2021/22 | 74.6% |
| 2022/23 | 76.0% |
| 2023/24 | 74.2% |
| 2024/25 | 72.7% |
| 2025/26 | 77.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.9 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,070 |
| 2017 | 6,245 |
| 2018 | 6,150 |
| 2019 | 6,265 |
| 2020 | 6,815 |
| 2021 | 7,375 |
| 2022 | 6,950 |
| 2023 | 7,045 |
| 2024 | 7,075 |
| 2025 | 7,130 |
| 2026 | 7,200 |
Questions about Telford and Wrekin
What is the population of Telford and Wrekin?
199,378 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Telford and Wrekin?
£2,256.26 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average house price in Telford and Wrekin?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £226,893.
What is the average salary in Telford and Wrekin?
£692.50 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in Telford and Wrekin?
82.2 years for women and 78.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Telford and Wrekin?
The ONS claimant count was 4,885 in August 2026, 4.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Telford and Wrekin?
Home Office figures show 14,301 offences in the year to March 2026, or 71.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Telford and Wrekin
Every body that makes decisions for Telford and Wrekin, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Telford and Wrekin council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Telford and Wrekin in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Telford: Shaun Davies (Labour) MP
- The Wrekin: Mark Pritchard (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the West Midlands
- UK figures: UK population · UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the West Midlands: Herefordshire, County of · Nuneaton and Bedworth · Solihull · Stafford · Stratford-on-Avon · Warwick
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