Westminster

23°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 24° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Marylebone Road, United Kingdom

2923 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Other theft534
• Shoplifting474
• Anti-social behaviour465
• Theft from the person454

201 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hyde Park · Metropolitan

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

1,094 reported road collisions (2024)

227 killed or seriously injured · 1,216 casualties · 53.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 397 rated 4–5 ★ (340 top)
• 24 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Marble Arch (0.3 km)
• 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£3,179 average monthly rent▼ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £2,533
• 2 bed £3,286
• 3 bed £3,872

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

16.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 16.0 times median annual pay (15.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.9 km)

73 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Seymour St 79 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms20
• Sports pitches45
• Playgrounds21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

204,238 residents in Westminster · 9,514/km²

• Under 16: 13%
• 16–64: 75%
• 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 134 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£1,050 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band G (19% of 132,190)

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

99 schools · 28,489 pupils

33 primary · 11 secondary · 55 other

Ofsted: 24 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

51inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Westminster

924 CQC-registered services

• Care homes9
• GP practices475
• Dentists277
• Homecare agencies22
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Westminster

• In a conservation area (Bayswater)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,879 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

1,004 applications decided

87% granted · 873 granted, 131 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Rachel Blake

Labour (Co-op)

Cities of London and Westminster

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 22
• Con 32

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

• Schools38
• GPs & clinics58
• Pharmacies50
• Supermarkets19
• Parks & greens134
• Restaurants & cafés947

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

62,410 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

643 jobs advertised · £48,808 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Hospitality Head Chef, InvestIN Programme Management Associate

Source: Adzuna

£1,016 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£82,503 disposable income per head (2024)

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

56% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 178,030 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Solar 25% · Imports 17% · Nuclear 11%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.8 women · 60.5 men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

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

16 GP surgeries · 17 pharmacies in W2

• Little Venice Medical Centre
• Paddington Green Health Centre
• The Garway Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cities of London and Westminster:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership2,026 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s694 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats473 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office218 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership209 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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