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Engine Common

Engine Common is a village in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has two restaurants and cafés, along with 19 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Yate, 1 km away, and there were around 73 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 Engine Common area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Gloucestershire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). 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
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 67th of 294 English council areas — better than 77% of them.

Low crime68
Home affordability54
Affordable rents29
Good schools51
Life expectancy79
Low deprivation85
Employment90
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

12°CSunny

  • Today: 13° / 5° · 18% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:43

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

53US AQI · Moderate

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

84 reported · August 2026▼ 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences37
  • Anti-social behaviour18
  • Public order7
  • Other theft6

Neighbourhood team: Frampton and Charfield · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Reports of vehicle's speeding and vehicle over 7.5t using Henfield Road and Ram Hill
  • Reports of cars engaging in ASB and car related offences on Stover & Beeches Industrial Estates.

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

Road safety

414 reported road collisions (2025)

122 killed or seriously injured · 535 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

154 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 117 rated 4–5 ★ (103 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Yate (1.4 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Yate (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£335,572 average▲ 1% YoY

Across South Gloucestershire · to 2026-08

Detached£551,374
Semi-detached£369,411
Terraced£294,777
Flat£173,626

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,464 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,000
  • 2 bed £1,274
  • 3 bed £1,556

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

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

Property sales

3,929 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 (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (9.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Matki PLC (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches17
  • Playgrounds4

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK21,257
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,258
  • Net moves+1,999

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 253 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

127 schools · 41,403 pupils

93 primary · 15 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 48 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

114 inspected 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
  • Lyde Green Community School
  • Patchway Community School
  • The Castle School

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

Care & health services

279 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes81
  • GP practices37
  • Dentists43
  • Homecare agencies82
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Gloucestershire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

369 applications decided

90% granted · 332 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Claire Young

Liberal Democrat

Thornbury and Yate

Recent votes:

  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

  • Lab 14
  • Con 23
  • LD 19
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,740 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£793 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

63% low-carbon electricity

Gas 32% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 19% · Solar 17%

130 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in BS37

  • Courtside Surgery
  • Kennedy Way Surgery
  • West Walk Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thornbury and Yate:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Engine Common · 0.5 km

    Engine Common is a village in the civil parish of Iron Acton in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies about 1 mile north west of Yate.

  • Yate Town F.C. · 0.6 km

    Yate Town Football Club is a football club based in Yate, South Gloucestershire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division South and play at Lodge Road.

  • Brimsham Green School · 0.7 km

    Brimsham Green School is a comprehensive secondary school in Yate, South Gloucestershire, England.

  • Yate railway station · 1.5 km

    Yate railway station serves the town of Yate in Gloucestershire, in south west England. The station is located on the main Bristol to Birmingham line between Bristol Parkway and Cam & Dursley, and is operated by Great…

  • Yate Park and Ride · 1.6 km

    Yate Park and Ride is a park and ride facility located off the A432 road on the edge of Yate.

  • Nibley, South Gloucestershire · 1.6 km

    Nibley is a village in the parish of Westerleigh, South Gloucestershire, England; it is situated about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Yate.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Engine Common?
Engine Common is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the South Gloucestershire local authority.
How deprived is Engine Common?
The South Gloucestershire local authority, which includes Engine Common, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.