Shrewsbury

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 5° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:33

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

272 reported · August 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences116
• Anti-social behaviour38
• Shoplifting26
• Public order23

Neighbourhood team: Shrewsbury Town Centre and Monkmoor · West Mercia

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

337 reported road collisions (2025)

121 killed or seriously injured · 479 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

447 food businesses within 2 miles

• 384 rated 4–5 ★ (341 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shrewsbury (0.3 km)
• 64 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£277,521 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across Shropshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£823 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £768
• 3 bed £953

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

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

4,264 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: 172.7p · Asda (1.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 194.7p · Asda (1.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 359 kW
• Nearest: Frankwell Quay Car Park 1 (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms6
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches86
• Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

323,606 residents in Shropshire · 101/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,727
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK13,220
• Net moves+2,507

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 154 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,528 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

185 schools · 43,666 pupils

127 primary · 19 secondary · 39 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Shropshire

360 CQC-registered services

• Care homes117
• GP practices48
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Shropshire

• In a conservation area (Shrewsbury)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 746 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

531 applications decided

88.3% granted · 469 granted, 62 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Julia Buckley

Labour

Shrewsbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 4
• Con 7
• LD 41
• Grn 4
• Ref 15
• Oth 3

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens580
• Restaurants & cafés155

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

842 jobs advertised · £40,538 avg

e.g. HVAC Engineer, Centre Manager, Pastoral Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£727 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

11 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SY1

• Riverside Med Practice
• Severn Fields Medical Practice
• Claremont Bank Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Shrewsbury:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks329 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills174 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately138 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Darwin Shopping Centre · 0.0 km

  The Darwin Shopping Centre is the main shopping centre in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, comprising approximately 17 per cent of the town centre's retail offer by leasable area.

• Shropshire Archives · 0.1 km

  Shropshire Archives is the archive and local studies service for the historic county of Shropshire, which includes the borough of Telford and Wrekin. It is located in Shrewsbury, England, and is accredited through th…

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  Shrewsbury Library · 0.1 km

  Shrewsbury Library is housed in a Grade I listed building situated on Castle Gates near Shrewsbury Castle. The site was the home of Shrewsbury School from 1550 until 1882. The buildings were handed over to the town in…

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  Shrewsbury bus station · 0.1 km

  Shrewsbury bus station is a bus station and terminus located on Raven Meadows in the centre of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.

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  Shrewsbury Hoard · 0.1 km

  The Shrewsbury Hoard is a hoard of 9,315 bronze Roman coins discovered by a metal detectorist in a field near Shrewsbury, Shropshire in August 2009. The coins were found in a large pottery storage jar that was buried…

• New Riverside, Shrewsbury · 0.2 km

  New Riverside is a proposed £150m shopping centre redevelopment project in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, which is planned to link the town's Darwin and former Pride Hill centres and comprehensively redevelop the R…

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