Rugby

6°CClear

• Today: 9° / 5° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:29

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

16 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Burglary3
• Drugs2
• Vehicle crime2

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

202 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rugby (5.1 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,049 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £755
• 2 bed £933
• 3 bed £1,123

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

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,605 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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (9.2 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Off Grid Energy (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Summer Youth Hub hailed as a success· 4 Nov 2026
• Spectacular Diwali celebrations light up Rugby town centre· 4 Nov 2026
• Deputy leader welcomes health watchdog reprieve· 3 Nov 2026
• Update on local government reorganisation in Warwickshire· 29 Oct 2026
• Rugby Open searches for rising stars of contemporary art· 29 Oct 2026

Source: Rugby Council

114,362 residents in Rugby · 326/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,415
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,026
• Net moves+2,389

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 216 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 51,990)

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

55 schools · 21,506 pupils

37 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rugby

581 CQC-registered services

• Care homes172
• GP practices93
• Dentists121
• Homecare agencies143
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warwickshire

• Within the Green Belt
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

108 applications decided

89.8% granted · 97 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 12
• Con 15
• LD 12
• Ref 3

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

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,660 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,356 jobs advertised · £37,840 avg

e.g. Principal Engineer – Software Assurance, Speech & Language Therapist, SEN / SEND Tutor, Warwickshire

Source: Adzuna

£892 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,957 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,931 certificates

13.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Warwickshire): 62.9 women · 63.3 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rugby:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND258 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth205 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills188 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks163 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities150 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide

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

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  King's Newnham · 1.1 km

  King's Newnham is a village and civil parish located just under 2.5 miles (4 km) west of the town of Rugby and 4.5 miles (7 km) east of Coventry. It is within the borough of Rugby. In the 2021 census the parish had a…

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  Church Lawford · 1.1 km

  Church Lawford is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England. It is located just 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Rugby and 4.5 miles (7 km) east of Coventry. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2021 cens…

• Little Lawford · 1.2 km

  Little Lawford is a hamlet and civil parish around 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the north of the much larger village of Long Lawford and west of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. In the 2021 census the parish had a populati…

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  Long Lawford · 1.6 km

  Long Lawford is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England, located just west of Rugby, around 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Rugby town centre. In the 2021 census, the population of the pa…

• Rugby Rural District · 1.8 km

  The Rugby Rural District was a former rural district in Warwickshire, England. The district covered the rural areas surrounding the town of Rugby, where the district council was based, but did not include Rugby itself…

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  Cathiron · 2.1 km

  Cathiron is a small rural hamlet in Warwickshire, England, within the civil parish of Harborough Magna, consisting of around six scattered dwellings along Cathiron Lane, a minor country lane between Harborough Magna a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)