Rugby

17°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 11° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:29

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

11 reported · July 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Rugby Rural Central · Warwickshire

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

225 reported road collisions (2024)

60 killed or seriously injured · 310 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

31 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,046 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £753
• 2 bed £930
• 3 bed £1,120

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (4.4 km)

14 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)

• New exhibition explores literary influences of one of art's great storytellers· 9 Sept 2026
• Statement on Local Government Reorganisation· 8 Sept 2026
• Council support for voluntary and community sector delivers millions· 7 Sept 2026
• Join Rugby's Diwali celebrations· 7 Sept 2026
• New signs could make Rugby town centre easier to explore· 2 Sept 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 222 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 21,622 pupils

37 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

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

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rugby

580 CQC-registered services

• Care homes174
• GP practices91
• Dentists120
• Homecare agencies143
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warwickshire

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

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

96 applications decided

90.6% granted · 87 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

5,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,256 jobs advertised · £38,360 avg

e.g. Deputy Residential Manager – Children’s Care Home, SEN / SEND Tutor, Warwickshire, Project Delivery Engineer

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

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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership413 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office397 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s380 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test272 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership251 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)