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Gloucester

Gloucester is a city in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 100,000. It has around 5 GPs & clinics, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 85 restaurants & cafés, along with 72 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Gloucester, 1.5 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Other theft. Covers 5 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Gloucester is around the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 132,416 residents at roughly 3,267 people per km².

38/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 242nd of 294 English council areas — better than 18% of them.

Low crime9
Home affordability65
Affordable rents39
Good schools32
Life expectancy29
Low deprivation48
Employment41
Low council tax69

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 4° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:34

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 100% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Barton, Tredworth and White City · Gloucestershire

Local policing priorities

  • E-Scooters and E-Bikes are in the most part illegal to use in public and are a danger to riders and the public. Reducing the use of them…
  • To focus on the increase of reported Burglaries and Theft from Motor Vehicles offences.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

161 reported road collisions (2025)

37 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 442 rated 4–5 ★ (361 top)
  • 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gloucester (1.5 km)
  • 72 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gloucester (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£237,705 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Gloucester · to 2026-08

Detached£409,806
Semi-detached£277,446
Terraced£208,935
Flat£131,411

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,116 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £745
  • 2 bed £971
  • 3 bed £1,213

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,760 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (1.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

45 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Custodian Capital Limited-Farmfoods (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches25
  • Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

132,416 residents in Gloucester · 3,267/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,634
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,160
  • Net moves−526

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 142 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,356 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 60,120)

A £1,571
B £1,832
C £2,094
D £2,356
E £2,879
F £3,403
G £3,926
H £4,712

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

51 schools · 23,371 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

44 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Crypt SchoolOutstanding
  • Denmark Road High SchoolGood
  • Holmleigh Park High SchoolGood
  • Sir Thomas Rich's SchoolGood
  • St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreGood
  • Barnwood Park School
  • Gloucester Academy
  • Ribston Hall High School
  • Severn Vale School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gloucester

Care & health services

687 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes200
  • GP practices96
  • Dentists142
  • Homecare agencies182
  • Hospitals & hospices31

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gloucestershire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 224 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

100 applications decided

85% granted · 85 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Alex McIntyre

Labour

Gloucester

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 7
  • Con 10
  • LD 17
  • Oth 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools15
  • GPs & clinics8
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets9
  • Parks & greens45
  • Restaurants & cafés110

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,935 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2,210 jobs advertised · £41,352 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Delivery Driver (Part Time 24 hours) - Bristol

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£694 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,428 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 65,016 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 24% · Nuclear 20% · Imports 3%

212 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Gloucestershire): 63.4 women · 63.4 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

49 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in GL1

  • Aspen Medical Practice
  • Partners In Health, Pavilion Family Drs
  • Rosebank Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gloucester:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Barton and Tredworth · 0.4 km

    Barton and Tredworth is an electoral ward of Gloucester, England that lies just outside the Eastgate of the city and covers the two districts with those names. The ward had a population of 12,006 at the 2021 census, a…

  • Barton Street, Gloucester · 0.4 km

    Barton Street is a street in the Barton and Tredworth district of Gloucester that is the location of a number of listed buildings:Church of all Saints 110 and 112 Barton Street The Olympus Theatre The Vauxhall Inn

  • Tredworth Road Cemetery · 0.5 km

    Tredworth Road Cemetery, sometimes known as Gloucester Old Cemetery, is a cemetery in Gloucester, England, that is run by Gloucester City Council. In addition, it contains over 250 war graves maintained by the Commonw…

  • Gloucester FM · 0.6 km

    Gloucester FM is a community radio station in Gloucestershire. It broadcasts countywide on 96.6FM FM, Mobile and Online.

  • St Paul and St Stephen Church, Gloucester · 0.7 km

    St Paul and St Stephen Church is a Church of England church located in Stroud Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. St Paul church was built between 1882 and 1883. St Stephen church was built between 1898 and 1900. St St…

  • White City, Gloucester · 0.8 km

    White City is an estate in the City of Gloucester. It takes its name from the original white concrete houses.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)