Westminster

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Camden Kerbside, United Kingdom

• 9.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 7.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2617 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Shoplifting506
• Other theft422
• Anti-social behaviour386
• Theft from the person375

81 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Hyde Park · Metropolitan

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

1,133 reported road collisions (2025)

255 killed or seriously injured · 1,253 casualties · 55.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 393 rated 4–5 ★ (339 top)
• 30 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

£3,196 average monthly rent▼ 0.6% YoY

• 1 bed £2,548
• 2 bed £3,305
• 3 bed £3,895

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

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

1,777 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.9 km)

37 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK22,505
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,370
• Net moves−3,865

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 87 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

100 schools · 28,489 pupils

33 primary · 11 secondary · 56 other

Ofsted: 25 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Westminster

928 CQC-registered services

• Care homes9
• GP practices481
• Dentists276
• Homecare agencies25
• Hospitals & hospices19

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)

1,612 applications decided

87.3% granted · 1,407 granted, 205 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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 & cafés945

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

63,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

526 jobs advertised · £50,774 avg

e.g. Shuttering Carpenter, Shift Leader, Residential Conveyancer

Source: Adzuna

£1,016 median full-time weekly pay

4% 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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 6%

211 gCO₂/kWh · high 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:

• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities201 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence153 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks146 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU101 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements100 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide

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

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