City of Westminster

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 18° · 75% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:22

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Westminster, United Kingdom

2726 reported · July 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences535
• Other theft497
• Anti-social behaviour477
• Theft from the person455

351 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: St James's · Metropolitan

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

166 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 193.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 397 rated 4–5 ★ (331 top)
• 27 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: St. James's Park (0.2 km)
• 111 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£712,958 average▼ 20.4% YoY

Across City of London · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.4 km)

75 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: 5 Spenser Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres14
• Gyms17
• Sports pitches79
• Playgrounds27

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,585 residents in City of London · 2,975/km²

• Under 16: 7%
• 16–64: 79%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 208 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£1,330 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band E (36% of 8,060)

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

8 schools · 2,891 pupils

1 primary · 7 other

Ofsted: 1 of 1 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

1inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · City of London

111 CQC-registered services

• GP practices45
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies16
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · City of London

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,700 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

133 applications decided

96.2% granted · 128 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Rachel Blake

Labour (Co-op)

Cities of London and Westminster

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Lab 7
• Oth 118

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

• Schools37
• GPs & clinics15
• Pharmacies26
• Supermarkets16
• Parks & greens178
• Restaurants & cafés922

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

27,050 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£109,153 disposable income per head (2024)

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

65% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 9,408 certificates

4.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

27% low-carbon electricity

Imports 50% · Gas 23% · Wind 16% · Nuclear 11%

134 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: -1 yrs women · -1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: -1 women · -1 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

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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