Franche
Middle areaNorth east Wyre Forest. 6,905 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 66% of people in Franche live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Franche
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Franche at a rate of 72.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.2 per 1,000 people across Wyre Forest.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 184 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 80 |
| Other crime | 80 |
| Shoplifting | 67 |
| Vehicle crime | 32 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 23 |
| Burglary | 13 |
| Drug offences | 13 |
| Robbery | 8 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Franche compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Franche safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Franche at a rate of 72.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.2 per 1,000 people across Wyre Forest.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Franche.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (184), anti-social behaviour (80) and other crime (80).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Wyre Forest
These figures are published for the whole of Wyre Forest, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Wyre Forest and not Franche alone. See Wyre Forest
Franche in brief
The median price paid for a home in Franche was £253,750 in 2025.
Franche had 7,000 usual residents at the census.
About 66% of people in Franche live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Franche, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.