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Long Lawford

Long Lawford is a town in Warwickshire, England, with a population of around 3,007. There are 28 bus stops serving the area, and the nearest railway station is Rugby, located 3.6 km away. There were around 14 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Long Lawford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rugby area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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 50th of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.

Low crime77
Home affordability71
Affordable rents74
Good schools62
Life expectancy53
Low deprivation70
Employment59
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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 41% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:25

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Crime

25 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences13
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Rugby Rural Central · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Bicycle/ Motorcycle Theft: The Rural Central Team has seen a slight increase in reported stolen motorcycles from Ryton-on-Dunsmore area.
  • Off Road, Nuisance Motorcycles: There has been an increase in anti-social use of off-road motorcycles within open spaces in Brandon and B…

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

Road safety

225 reported road collisions (2024)

60 killed or seriously injured · 310 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

168 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 122 rated 4–5 ★ (96 top)
  • 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Rugby (3.9 km)
  • 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Rugby (3.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£276,208 average 0.2% YoY

Across Rugby · to 2026-06

Detached£454,537
Semi-detached£277,640
Terraced£216,348
Flat£127,127

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,046 average monthly rent 5.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £753
  • 2 bed £930
  • 3 bed £1,120

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (10.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (3.2 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Off Grid Energy (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 222 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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 · 21,622 pupils

37 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

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

47inspected 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

580 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes174
  • GP practices91
  • Dentists120
  • Homecare agencies143
  • Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warwickshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

96 applications decided

90.6% granted · 87 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

John Slinger

Labour

Rugby

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

203 jobs advertised · £42,511 avg

e.g. Principal Engineer – Software Assurance, SEN Teaching Assistant, Electrician

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Biomass 21% · Wind 16% · Solar 9%

223 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 79.7 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rugby:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Long Lawford · 0.4 km

    Long Lawford is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England, located just west of Rugby, around 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west of Rugby town centre. In the 2021 census, the population of the pa…

  • Little Lawford · 1.1 km

    Little Lawford is a hamlet and civil parish around 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the north of the much larger village of Long Lawford and west of Rugby in Warwickshire, England. In the 2021 census the parish had a populati…

  • Rugby Western Relief Road · 1.5 km

    The Rugby Western Relief Road (RWRR) is a 3.7-mile (6 km) single carriageway bypass road which is on the outskirts of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. The £36.6 million scheme includes a £17.08 million contribution fro…

  • St Botolph's Church, Newbold-on-Avon · 1.7 km

    The Church of St Botolph is a grade I listed 15th century parish church in Newbold-on-Avon, Rugby, Warwickshire, England. The church is located on an elevated position overlooking the River Avon.

  • Newbold-on-Avon · 2.1 km

    Newbold-on-Avon is a suburban village of Rugby in Warwickshire, England, located around 1½ miles north-west of the town centre, it is adjacent to the River Avon from which the suffix is derived. Newbold was historical…

  • Bilton School · 2.2 km

    Bilton School is a secondary school with academy status for pupils aged 11–18 in the Bilton area of Rugby, Warwickshire. There were 1,020 students on roll in the 2015–2016 school year, with 69 staff and 17 teaching as…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Long Lawford?
Long Lawford is a town in Warwickshire, England, in the Rugby local authority.
What is the population of Long Lawford?
Long Lawford has an approximate settlement population of 3,007.
How deprived is Long Lawford?
The Rugby local authority, which includes Long Lawford, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.