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Brinklow

Brinklow is a village in Warwickshire, England, with a population of around 1,101. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Copsewood Miniature Railway, 6.5 km away. There were around 4 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 Brinklow area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rugby area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 114,362 residents at roughly 326 people per km².

Council
Rugby
County
Warwickshire
Constituency
Rugby
Police force
Warwickshire
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 52nd of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Low crime77
Home affordability71
Affordable rents75
Good schools62
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation73
Employment60
Low council tax38

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

7°CCloudy

  • Today: 9° / 5° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:30

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▼ 70% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Rugby Rural North · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) - including fly tipping and speeding
  • Burglary dwelling

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

Road safety

202 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 269 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

13 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 10 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Copsewood Miniature Railway (6.5 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rugby (8.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£278,324 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Rugby · to 2026-08

Detached£453,539
Semi-detached£280,096
Terraced£220,192
Flat£130,233

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,049 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £755
  • 2 bed £933
  • 3 bed £1,123

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

Affordability

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,605 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (5.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

140 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: ROLLS_ROYCE 8 SHOP 2 (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

114,362 residents in Rugby · 326/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,415
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,026
  • Net moves+2,389

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 216 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 51,990)

A £1,655
B £1,931
C £2,207
D £2,483
E £3,035
F £3,587
G £4,138
H £4,966

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

Schools

55 schools · 21,506 pupils

37 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Lawrence Sheriff SchoolOutstanding
  • Bilton SchoolGood
  • Harris Church of England AcademyGood
  • Houlton SchoolGood
  • Rugby Free Secondary SchoolGood
  • Rugby High SchoolGood
  • The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts CollegeGood
  • Ashlawn School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rugby

Care & health services

581 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes172
  • GP practices93
  • Dentists121
  • Homecare agencies143
  • Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warwickshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

108 applications decided

89.8% granted · 97 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

John Slinger

Labour

Rugby

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 12
  • Con 15
  • LD 12
  • Ref 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,660 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £41,600 avg

e.g. HGV 2 Driver Nights New Pass Accepted!, Parcel Delivery Driver, Transport Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£892 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,957 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,931 certificates

13.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Biomass 31% · Gas 21% · Imports 4%

120 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 79.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Warwickshire): 62.9 women · 63.3 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CV23

  • Revel Surgery
  • Brookside Surgery
  • Hmp Onley

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rugby:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Brinklow · 0.3 km

    Brinklow is a village and civil parish in the Rugby district of Warwickshire, England. It is about halfway between Rugby and Coventry. The parish had a population of 1,120 at the 2021 Census.

  • Brinklow Castle · 0.8 km

    Brinklow Castle, known locally as the Tump, is a medieval castle in the village of Brinklow in the county of Warwickshire between Coventry and Rugby.

  • Brinklow railway station · 1.7 km

    Brinklow railway station was a railway station almost midway between Brinklow and Stretton-under-Fosse in the English county of Warwickshire, opened in 1847 on the Trent Valley Line. Until 1870 it was known as Stretto…

  • Bretford · 2.1 km

    Bretford is a hamlet in the Borough of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Brandon and Bretford.

  • Hungerfield · 2.2 km

    Hungerfield is a hamlet in the parish of Easenhall in the borough of Rugby in the County of Warwickshire in England.

  • Combe Fields · 2.4 km

    Combe Fields is a civil parish in the Rugby district, in the county of Warwickshire, England. The parish has no village, but contains Coombe Abbey, after which it is named, and a few isolated houses. In the 2001 censu…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Brinklow?
Brinklow is a town in Warwickshire, England, in the Rugby local authority.
What is the population of Brinklow?
Brinklow has an approximate settlement population of 1,101.
How deprived is Brinklow?
The Rugby local authority, which includes Brinklow, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.