Worcester

7°CClear

• Today: 10° / 5° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:33

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

717 reported · August 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences257
• Anti-social behaviour116
• Shoplifting79
• Criminal damage & arson66

43 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Gorse Hill and Rainbow Hill · West Mercia

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

91 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 107 casualties · 8.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 356 rated 4–5 ★ (287 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Worcester Shrub Hill (0.3 km)
• 58 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£257,871 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Worcester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£977 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £711
• 2 bed £908
• 3 bed £1,087

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 (7.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,416 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: 173.9p · ESSO (1.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · ESSO (1.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: ASDA (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

103,874 residents in Worcester · 3,121/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,698
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,091
• Net moves−393

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 166 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 47,800)

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

39 schools · 17,610 pupils

22 primary · 5 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 13 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Worcester

578 CQC-registered services

• Care homes181
• GP practices88
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

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

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

77 applications decided

94.8% granted · 73 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Tom Collins

Labour

Worcester

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 17
• LD 5
• Grn 11
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens29
• Restaurants & cafés117

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

937 jobs advertised · £42,510 avg

e.g. Nursery Assistant, Supply, Multi Trade Operative, Registered Manager - Childrens Home

Source: Adzuna

£760 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,436 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,705 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 24% · Imports 5%

157 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Worcestershire): 63.1 women · 63.3 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.9

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

7 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in WR3

• Barbourne Health Centre
• Practice Plus Group
• Sw Integrated Team Countywide

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worcester:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing319 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks249 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth177 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND158 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Worcester Shrub Hill railway station · 0.3 km

  Worcester Shrub Hill is one of two railway stations serving the city of Worcester, England; the other is Worcester Foregate Street in the city centre. A third, Worcestershire Parkway, is located just outside the city…

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  St George's Church, Worcester · 0.6 km

  St George's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Worcester. It was founded in 1829 and was administered by the Society of Jesus until 1990 when it was handed over to the Archdiocese of Birmingham. It is in the…

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  Shire Hall, Worcester · 0.7 km

  The Shire Hall is a municipal building in Foregate Street in Worcester, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum · 0.7 km

  The Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum is an art gallery and local museum in Worcester, the county town of Worcestershire, England.

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  Worcester city walls · 0.7 km

  Worcester's city walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the city of Worcester in England between the 1st and 17th centuries. The first walls to be built around Worcester were constructed by the Roma…

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  Worcester Foregate Street railway station · 0.7 km

  Worcester Foregate Street, opened by the Great Western Railway in 1860, is one of two railway stations that serve the city of Worcester, England; the other is Worcester Shrub Hill, which is located to the east. A thir…

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