Blaxton

19°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 14° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:27

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, United Kingdom

17 reported · July 2026▲ 55% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Vehicle crime4
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Doncaster South · South Yorkshire

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

521 reported road collisions (2024)

182 killed or seriously injured · 710 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£170,784 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Doncaster · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£691 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £491
• 2 bed £634
• 3 bed £754

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (10.2 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Avro Park (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

308,106 residents in Doncaster · 542/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 41 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

24% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,168 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (57% of 144,720)

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

144 schools · 49,424 pupils

98 primary · 20 secondary · 26 other

Ofsted: 64 of 67 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

128inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Doncaster

291 CQC-registered services

• Care homes81
• GP practices47
• Dentists58
• Homecare agencies73
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Doncaster

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

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

218 applications decided

91.7% granted · 200 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lee Pitcher

Labour

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 12
• Con 6
• Ref 34
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £60,000 avg

e.g. Children's Home Registered Manager (4 bed home), Online Music Tutor - Part Time, Become a Computer science Tutor in Blaxton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£697 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,640 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 155,392 certificates

16.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

63% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 54% · Gas 29% · Imports 9% · Wind 5%

178 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.7 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 55.1 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office419 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership284 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test258 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance226 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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