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Filton

Filton is a town in Bristol, England, with a population of around 15,000. It has one school, one pharmacy, and 28 restaurants and cafés, along with 11 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Patchway, 2 km away, and there were around 285 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Filton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bristol, City of area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 472,464 residents at roughly 4,308 people per km².

Council
Bristol, City of
County
Bristol
Constituency
Bristol North West
Police force
Avon and Somerset
24/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 287th of 294 English council areas — better than 2% of them.

Low crime10
Home affordability49
Affordable rents10
Good schools17
Life expectancy33
Low deprivation41
Employment38
Low council tax2

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:38

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

241 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences93
  • Anti-social behaviour28
  • Shoplifting28
  • Vehicle crime21

8 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Filton · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Drug dealing and nuisance E- scooters and bikes in and around the Elm park area A report from members of the public of a rough sleepers b…
  • Shop theft in multiple shops within Shields Retail Centre

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

Road safety

753 reported road collisions (2025)

205 killed or seriously injured · 844 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 393 rated 4–5 ★ (334 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Filton Abbey Wood (1.0 km)
  • 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Filton Abbey Wood (1.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£353,596 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Bristol, City of · to 2026-08

Detached£689,673
Semi-detached£448,153
Terraced£385,199
Flat£242,445

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,883 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,225
  • 2 bed £1,544
  • 3 bed £1,759

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

Affordability

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

5,684 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

145 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 46 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Revive_SGC (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches64
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

472,464 residents in Bristol, City of · 4,308/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 70%
  • 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK42,460
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK46,335
  • Net moves−3,875

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 123 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,714 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (36% of 212,810)

A £1,809
B £2,111
C £2,412
D £2,714
E £3,317
F £3,920
G £4,523
H £5,427

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

Schools

173 schools · 69,087 pupils

102 primary · 22 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 63 of 79 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Ashton Park SchoolGood
  • Blaise High SchoolGood
  • Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolGood
  • Bristol Free SchoolGood
  • Bristol Metropolitan AcademyGood
  • Oasis Academy BrislingtonGood
  • Oasis Academy John WilliamsGood
  • Redland Green SchoolGood
  • Trinity AcademyGood
  • E-ACT Montpelier High SchoolInadequate
  • Bedminster Down School
  • Bristol Brunel Academy
  • Cotham School
  • Fairfield High School
  • Oasis Academy Brightstowe
  • Oasis Academy Daventry Road
  • Oasis Academy Temple Quarter
  • Orchard School Bristol
  • St Bede's Catholic College
  • St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
  • St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
  • The City Academy Bristol

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bristol, City of

Care & health services

417 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes92
  • GP practices69
  • Dentists104
  • Homecare agencies95
  • Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 98% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bristol, City of

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

552 applications decided

85.5% granted · 472 granted, 80 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Claire Hazelgrove

Labour

Filton and Bradley Stoke

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green (minority)

  • Lab 19
  • Con 7
  • LD 9
  • Grn 34
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools11
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens109
  • Restaurants & cafés52

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

22,300 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

146 jobs advertised · £52,266 avg

e.g. Senior Principal Consultant - Cyber Security Audit, Computer Vision & AI Engineer, Manufacturing Services Leader

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£781 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,336 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 237,774 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

374 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 79.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.1 women · 60.1 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in BS34

  • Abbey Wood Medical Centre
  • Concord Medical Centre
  • Stokes Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Filton and Bradley Stoke:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Filton · 0.2 km

    Filton is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, 6 miles (10 km) north of Bristol. With neighbouring Patchway, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke, Filton forms the North Fringe of Bristol – part of th…

  • South Gloucestershire and Stroud College · 0.6 km

    South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, also known as SGS College, is a college of further education and higher education based in South Gloucestershire and Stroud, England. It was established in February 2012 follo…

  • Filton Abbey Wood railway station · 1.0 km

    Filton Abbey Wood railway station serves the town of Filton in South Gloucestershire, England; it is located 4.4 miles (7.1 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. There are four platforms but minimal facilities. The station i…

  • North Filton Platform railway station · 1.0 km

    North Filton Platform was a railway station which served the northern part of Filton, Gloucestershire, England. It was on the railway line between Filton and Avonmouth, and was situated on the western side of Gloucest…

  • Bristol Brabazon railway station · 1.1 km

    Bristol Brabazon railway station is a new railway station, currently under construction. It will serve the new development of Brabazon and the town of Filton in South Gloucestershire, England. The station is expected…

  • Orchard School Bristol · 1.1 km

    Orchard School Bristol is a secondary school with academy status, located in Horfield in Bristol, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Filton?
Filton is a town in Bristol, England, in the Bristol, City of local authority.
How deprived is Filton?
The Bristol, City of local authority, which includes Filton, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.