Newport (Telford and Wrekin)

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 15° · 79% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:32

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

72 reported · July 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences33
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Shoplifting4

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newport · West Mercia

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

129 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

110 food businesses within 2 miles

• 93 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 55 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£220,519 average▲ 1.3% YoY

Across Telford and Wrekin · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£861 average monthly rent▲ 7.1% YoY

• 1 bed £600
• 2 bed £771
• 3 bed £954

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

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Lilleshall (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,544 residents in Telford and Wrekin · 639/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 99 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,256 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 84,460)

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

86 schools · 32,089 pupils

56 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 24 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (69%)

77inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Telford and Wrekin

172 CQC-registered services

• Care homes40
• GP practices17
• Dentists31
• Homecare agencies69
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 75% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Telford and Wrekin

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

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

124 applications decided

90.3% granted · 112 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mark Pritchard

Conservative

The Wrekin

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 37
• Con 8
• LD 6
• Oth 3

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,346 disposable income per head (2024)

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

57% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 91,854 certificates

14.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Nuclear 29% · Biomass 18% · Gas 13%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 56.7 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in The Wrekin:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office439 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership368 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test258 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership240 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Newport Guildhall · 0.2 km

  Newport Guildhall is a large timber-framed municipal building in Newport, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Old Town Hall, Newport · 0.2 km

  The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in St Mary Street, Newport, Shropshire, England. The structure, which is now divided into a series of shop units on the ground floor and used as a children's play area on the…

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  Newport, Shropshire · 0.2 km

  Newport is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Telford, 12 miles (19 km) west of Stafford, and is near the Shropshire-Staff…

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  Burton Borough School · 0.2 km

  Burton Borough School is a coeducational secondary school on the southern edge of Newport, Shropshire, England, in Audley Avenue. The school was opened in 1957. In 2004 it was designated a Specialist Arts College.

• Newport Rural District · 0.2 km

  Newport was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1934.

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  Castle House School · 0.2 km

  Haberdashers' Castle House is a private preparatory day school for boys and girls, first established in 1944, at Chetwynd End, Newport, Shropshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)