City of Westminster

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · 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

35US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Westminster, United Kingdom

• 11.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 8.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2438 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences490
• Anti-social behaviour423
• Theft from the person387
• Other theft384

31 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: St James's · Metropolitan

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

214 reported road collisions (2025)

66 killed or seriously injured · 222 casualties · 249.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 405 rated 4–5 ★ (334 top)
• 26 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

£726,633 average▼ 14.6% YoY

Across City of London · to 2026-08

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

121 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 (3.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.4 km)

38 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK1,622
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK1,805
• Net moves−183

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 267 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

1 inspected 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 practices46
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies16
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · City of London

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,701 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

135 applications decided

100% granted · 135 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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 & cafés923

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

27,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 5%

214 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in SW1H

• Sic

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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