Shrewsbury

17°CMist

• Today: 18° / 10° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:35

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wrexham, United Kingdom

272 reported · July 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences115
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Shoplifting30
• Criminal damage & arson24

23 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Shrewsbury Town Centre and Monkmoor · West Mercia

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

389 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

440 food businesses within 2 miles

• 378 rated 4–5 ★ (335 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£284,036 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Shropshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (2.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (3.2 km)

5 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)

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

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Shropshire

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

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

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

528 applications decided

88.4% granted · 467 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Julia Buckley

Labour

Shrewsbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,361 jobs advertised · £36,640 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£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

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Nuclear 27% · Biomass 11% · Gas 9%

49 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Shrewsbury:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership534 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office340 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership337 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test220 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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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