Wyre: local statistics
Wyre is a district council area in the North West, home to an estimated 120,528 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 Wyre, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The police recorded 57.5 crimes per 1,000 residents in Wyre in the year to March 2026 (6,933 offences in all), the 31st highest rate of the 35 council areas in the North West. The rate was 60.2 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 77.5, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
Wyre had an estimated 120,528 residents in mid-2025, up 1.8% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +11.1%, against +8.2% for the North West as a whole, the 9th fastest growth of 35 in the North West. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A typical home in Wyre cost £193,650 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 4.7% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 25th highest of 35 in the North West (regional average £221,445). This July figure is the highest in the series, 42% up on July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Wyre (£38,048) gives a ratio of 5.1. That ratio is the 25th highest ratio of the 35 council areas in the North West.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Wyre had a life expectancy at birth of 82.2 years; for men it was 78.8, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.2 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 more. It is 11th of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest for women.
The ONS counted 4,640 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Wyre in March 2026, about the same as in 2016. That is 38 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the North West, 20th of 35.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Wyre was £709.10 in April 2025, or £38,048 over a year. That is 3.5% below the figure for the North West and 23rd of 35 in the North West, counting from the highest. For full-time jobs located in Wyre the median is £638.60 a week (−£70.50 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £506.40, so it has risen 40% before inflation.
3.0% of Wyre residents aged 16 to 64 (1,975 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 4.2% in the North West. A year earlier the rate was 2.7%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.6% (December 2025) and 4.3% (August 2021).
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Wyre is £2,460.53, 4.0% more than in 2025-26. That makes it mid-table in the North West, 21st of 35. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,603.00, so it has risen 53%.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 72.7% of Wyre residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 8.7 points either way, against 73.8% across the North West. Its lowest reading in the series was 63.1% and its highest 84.4%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 108,461 |
| 2016 | 108,574 |
| 2017 | 108,707 |
| 2018 | 109,019 |
| 2019 | 109,544 |
| 2020 | 110,409 |
| 2021 | 112,434 |
| 2022 | 114,780 |
| 2023 | 116,521 |
| 2024 | 118,366 |
| 2025 | 120,528 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £136,534 |
| July 2017 | £141,303 |
| July 2018 | £143,992 |
| July 2019 | £145,030 |
| July 2020 | £147,479 |
| July 2021 | £164,157 |
| July 2022 | £183,478 |
| July 2023 | £183,946 |
| July 2024 | £183,639 |
| July 2025 | £185,044 |
| July 2026 | £193,650 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £506.40 a week |
| 2016 | £504.40 a week |
| 2017 | £485.40 a week |
| 2018 | £484.50 a week |
| 2019 | £498.90 a week |
| 2020 | £512.50 a week |
| 2021 | £584.60 a week |
| 2022 | £570.50 a week |
| 2023 | £654.60 a week |
| 2024 | £716.50 a week |
| 2025 | £709.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,603 |
| 2017-18 | £1,659.02 |
| 2018-19 | £1,751.77 |
| 2019-20 | £1,836.13 |
| 2020-21 | £1,907.86 |
| 2021-22 | £1,985.85 |
| 2022-23 | £2,065.49 |
| 2023-24 | £2,151.86 |
| 2024-25 | £2,253.37 |
| 2025-26 | £2,365.73 |
| 2026-27 | £2,460.53 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 47.0 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 50.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 60.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 77.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 65.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 59.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 64.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 61.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 61.5 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 60.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 57.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 65.5% |
| 2016/17 | 73.2% |
| 2017/18 | 78.2% |
| 2018/19 | 79.4% |
| 2019/20 | 80.3% |
| 2020/21 | 81.6% |
| 2021/22 | 71.3% |
| 2022/23 | 63.1% |
| 2023/24 | 84.4% |
| 2024/25 | 84.1% |
| 2025/26 | 72.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,655 |
| 2017 | 4,780 |
| 2018 | 4,780 |
| 2019 | 4,685 |
| 2020 | 4,710 |
| 2021 | 4,675 |
| 2022 | 4,620 |
| 2023 | 4,555 |
| 2024 | 4,550 |
| 2025 | 4,515 |
| 2026 | 4,640 |
Questions about Wyre
What is the crime rate in Wyre?
57.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the population of Wyre?
120,528 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average house price in Wyre?
£193,650 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+4.7% on a year).
What is life expectancy in Wyre?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 78.8 years for men and 82.2 for women.
What is the average salary in Wyre?
£709.10 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Wyre?
1,975 in August 2026 (3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
How much is Band D council tax in Wyre?
£2,460.53 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Wyre
Every body that makes decisions for Wyre, 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
- Wyre council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Wyre 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
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood: Lorraine Beavers (Labour) MP
- Fylde: Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) MP
- Lancaster and Wyre: Cat Smith (Labour) 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 North West
- UK figures: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK population · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the North West: Burnley · Chorley · Halton · Pendle · South Ribble · West Lancashire
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