Birmingham commuter townsBromsgrove vs Kidderminster

Bromsgrove vs Kidderminster: which commuter town suits you?

Bromsgrove is 13 minutes closer to Birmingham, but Kidderminster is £65k cheaper on the average sold price.
Bromsgrove

#19 of 24

Kidderminster

#21 of 24

Train to Birmingham

26 min
39 min

Average house price

£305k
£240k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

9.0x
7.5x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

45
61

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

892 Mb
952 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.4
7.6

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

13
16

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

64 ha
205 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

109
133

Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.

The full picture on each

Living in Bromsgrove

Worcestershire · 26 min to Birmingham · average sold price £305k.

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Living in Kidderminster

Worcestershire · 39 min to Birmingham · average sold price £240k.

Read the Kidderminster report

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