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Cressage

Cressage is a village in Shropshire, England, with a population of around 707. There is 1 GP surgery, 2 bus stops. There were around 5 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 Cressage area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Shropshire area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 323,606 residents at roughly 101 people per km².

Council
Shropshire
County
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Police force
West Mercia
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 101st of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Low crime84
Home affordability54
Affordable rents77
Good schools15
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation52
Employment78
Low council tax26

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

16°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:42

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

389 reported road collisions (2024)

135 killed or seriously injured · 528 casualties · 12 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

3 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wellington (Shropshire) (9.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£284,036 average 4.9% YoY

Across Shropshire · to 2026-06

Detached£426,931
Semi-detached£266,707
Terraced£212,188
Flat£138,283

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£819 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £605
  • 2 bed £765
  • 3 bed £949

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 (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Asda (12 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: RAW GREENE KING GK RIVERSIDE 1 (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

323,606 residents in Shropshire · 101/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 165 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,528 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 152,270)

A £1,685
B £1,966
C £2,247
D £2,528
E £3,090
F £3,652
G £4,214
H £5,056

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

Schools

185 schools · 43,666 pupils

127 primary · 19 secondary · 39 other

Ofsted: 55 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

151inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bridgnorth Endowed SchoolGood
  • Lakelands AcademyGood
  • Mary Webb School and Science CollegeGood
  • Meole Brace SchoolGood
  • Sir John Talbot's SchoolGood
  • The Marches SchoolGood
  • The Priory SchoolGood
  • The Thomas Adams SchoolGood
  • Shrewsbury AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Grove SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Lacon Childe SchoolRequires improvement
  • William Brookes SchoolRequires improvement
  • Belvidere School
  • Church Stretton School
  • Idsall School
  • Ludlow Church of England School
  • Oldbury Wells School
  • The Community College, Bishop's Castle
  • The Corbet School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Shropshire

Care & health services

359 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes118
  • GP practices46
  • Dentists77
  • Homecare agencies87
  • Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Shropshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

528 applications decided

88.4% granted · 467 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Stuart Anderson

Conservative

South Shropshire

Recent votes:

  • NoMotion to sit in private
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 4
  • Con 7
  • LD 40
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 15
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Parks & greens313

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

17,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £176,800 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£727 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,151 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 154,677 certificates

17.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 28% · Solar 26% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 10%

52 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.4 women · 63 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Shropshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cressage · 0.2 km

    Cressage is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of the nearest town Much Wenlock and 8 miles (12.9 km) south-east of Shrewsbury. It lies the junction of the A45…

  • Cressage railway station · 0.4 km

    Cressage railway station was a stop on the Severn Valley Railway; it served the village of Cressage in Shropshire, England.

  • Sheinton · 1.8 km

    Sheinton is a small rural village and civil parish just outside Telford, and within Shropshire.

  • Eaton Constantine · 2.2 km

    Eaton Constantine is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Leighton and Eaton Constantine, in Shropshire, England. It is located just off the B4380 road, between Atcham and Buildwas, near The W…

  • Leighton and Eaton Constantine · 2.4 km

    Leighton and Eaton Constantine is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It consists of the village of Leighton, together with the smaller villages or hamlets of Eaton Constantine, Upper Longwood and Garmston.

  • Cound Halt railway station · 2.5 km

    Cound Halt was an unstaffed railway station on the Severn Valley line in Shropshire, England. It opened on 4 August 1934 and although thought by some people to have been closed as part of the Beeching axe in 1963 its…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Cressage?
Cressage is a town in Shropshire, England, in the Shropshire local authority.
What is the population of Cressage?
Cressage has an approximate settlement population of 707.
How deprived is Cressage?
The Shropshire local authority, which includes Cressage, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.