Capenhurst

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 8° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:42

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: sulphur dioxide

Source: WAQI · Wirral Tranmere, United Kingdom

18 reported · July 2026▲ 800% YoY

• Vehicle crime6
• Violence & sexual offences6
• Other crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Saughall, Mollington and Elton · Cheshire

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

512 reported road collisions (2024)

128 killed or seriously injured · 628 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

107 food businesses within 2 miles

• 90 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Capenhurst (0.7 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£269,039 average▲ 6.9% YoY

Across Cheshire West and Chester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£986 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £721
• 2 bed £909
• 3 bed £1,115

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 (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (9.1 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: EVC Macdonald Craxton Wood Hotel (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

357,150 residents in Cheshire West and Chester · 388/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 183 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 166,820)

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

180 schools · 54,323 pupils

126 primary · 20 secondary · 34 other

Ofsted: 67 of 75 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

158inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire West and Chester

357 CQC-registered services

• Care homes85
• GP practices72
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies78
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire West and Chester

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

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

409 applications decided

88.5% granted · 362 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Samantha Dixon

Labour

Chester North and Neston

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 35
• Con 20
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £43,386 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Driving License Required, Care Assistant - Evenings - Driving License Required, Project Quality Manager (Major Projects)

Source: Adzuna

£798 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,803 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 168,339 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 79% · Nuclear 12% · Gas 6% · Imports 3%

24 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 61.6 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chester North and Neston:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership375 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office297 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership285 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s249 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test192 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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