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Ruyton & Baschurch · Shropshire

Ruyton & Baschurch: your neighbourhood

Ruyton & Baschurch electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 38.6% here, compared with 32.5% across Shropshire (6.1 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 12.4% here, compared with 16.7% across Shropshire (4.4 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association: 9% here, compared with 13% across Shropshire (4.3 percentage points lower).

The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

22.5%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

1,056 out of 4,697.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3.5%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

165 out of 4,685.

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People counted in the census

4,682

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

4,682 out of 4,682.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

38.6%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

1,481 out of 3,838.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

43.2%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

813 out of 1,881.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

11.1%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

209 out of 1,881.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

39.4%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,511 out of 3,836.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

58.8%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,255 out of 3,836.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

3.5%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

136 out of 3,836.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

12.4%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

475 out of 3,838.

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Homes rented privately

13%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

249 out of 1,882.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

26.8%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,029 out of 3,836.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

9%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

164 out of 1,882.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

1.8%

21 March 2021 · Ruyton & Baschurch

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

70 out of 3,836.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Ruyton & Baschurch ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

93 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 121 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Ruyton & Baschurch ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 12 mapped crimes in September 2024; 2 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Ruyton & Baschurch
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024121
October 202480
November 202492
December 2024140
January 2025100
February 2025100
March 2025101
April 202591
May 202572
June 2025145
July 202572
August 2025111
September 202581
October 202571
November 2025123
December 202571
January 2026102
February 202670
March 202660
April 202680
May 2026110
June 2026121
July 202630
August 202621
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Ruyton & Baschurch
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime67
other theft7
criminal damage arson6
public order5
possession of weapons3
burglary2
other crime2
drugs1
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Shropshire →