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Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 5,500. It has 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 12 parks and greens, and around 7 restaurants and cafés, along with 29 bus stops and Yate railway station 2.6 km away. There were around 72 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 Chipping Sodbury area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Gloucestershire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 290,424 residents at roughly 584 people per km².

Council
South Gloucestershire
County
Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate
Police force
Avon and Somerset
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 61st of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime68
Home affordability54
Affordable rents30
Good schools56
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation84
Employment92
Low council tax21

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

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:28

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

73 reported · July 2026 21% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences23
  • Other theft12
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Anti-social behaviour7

Neighbourhood team: Chipping Sodbury · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Lorries breaching the weight limit are causing disruption. Work with local council and highways to monitor and enforce restrictions throu…
  • Criminal Damage of clock tower public toilets and other damage is being caused by youths. Increase patrols in hotspot areas, engage with…

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

Road safety

321 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 11.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

181 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 142 rated 4–5 ★ (122 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Yate (2.6 km)
  • 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Yate (2.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£340,300 average 2.3% YoY

Across South Gloucestershire · to 2026-06

Detached£560,532
Semi-detached£374,905
Terraced£296,347
Flat£178,243

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,456 average monthly rent 4.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £994
  • 2 bed £1,267
  • 3 bed £1,547

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Yate Shopping Centre (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches47
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

290,424 residents in South Gloucestershire · 584/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 267 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,551 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (29% of 129,040)

A £1,700
B £1,984
C £2,267
D £2,551
E £3,117
F £3,684
G £4,251
H £5,101

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

Schools

125 schools · 42,025 pupils

93 primary · 14 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 51 of 57 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Chipping Sodbury SchoolGood
  • Digitech Studio SchoolGood
  • Hanham Woods AcademyGood
  • Mangotsfield SchoolGood
  • Marlwood SchoolGood
  • Sir Bernard Lovell AcademyGood
  • Winterbourne AcademyGood
  • Yate AcademyGood
  • Abbeywood Community School
  • Brimsham Green School
  • Downend School
  • John Cabot Academy
  • Patchway Community School
  • The Castle School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Gloucestershire

Care & health services

282 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes82
  • GP practices38
  • Dentists42
  • Homecare agencies83
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Gloucestershire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

379 applications decided

88.7% granted · 336 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Claire Young

Liberal Democrat

Thornbury and Yate

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

  • Lab 14
  • Con 23
  • LD 18
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics6
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens41
  • Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

43 jobs advertised · £46,154 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Work from Home (Researcher), Roadside Mechanic in the area of Barnet

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£793 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,750 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 124,171 certificates

7.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 24% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 4%

205 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64 women · 64.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thornbury and Yate:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Chipping Sodbury · 0.2 km

    Chipping Sodbury is a market town in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol and directly east of Yate. The…

  • Chipping Sodbury School · 0.2 km

    Chipping Sodbury School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in Chipping Sodbury in the Unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, England. It shares ground with the Cotswold Edge sixth-form.

  • Chipping Sodbury Town Hall · 0.3 km

    Chipping Sodbury Town Hall is a municipal building in Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England. The building, which is used as an events venue and also as the meeting place of Chipping Sodbury Town Cou…

  • Barnhill Quarry · 0.7 km

    Barnhill Quarry is a 3.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1966.

  • Chipping Sodbury Town F.C. · 0.7 km

    Chipping Sodbury Town Football Club is a football club based in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England. They are currently members of the Hellenic League Division One and play at the Ridings.

  • Yate · 1.2 km

    Yate is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies just to the southwest of the Cotswold Hills and is 12 miles northeast of Bristol and 12 miles from Bath.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Chipping Sodbury?
Chipping Sodbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the South Gloucestershire local authority.
What is the population of Chipping Sodbury?
Chipping Sodbury has an approximate settlement population of 5,500.
How deprived is Chipping Sodbury?
The South Gloucestershire local authority, which includes Chipping Sodbury, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.