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Over Whitacre

Over Whitacre is a town or village in Warwickshire, England. It has 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Coleshill Parkway, 5.9 km away. In June 2026, there were around 2 recorded street crimes, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Over Whitacre area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Warwickshire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 65,035 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
North Warwickshire
County
Warwickshire
Constituency
Nuneaton
Police force
Warwickshire
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 203rd of 294 English council areas — better than 31% of them.

Low crime64
Home affordability67
Affordable rents64
Good schools3
Life expectancy23
Low deprivation41
Employment57
Low council tax25

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

10°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 11% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:35

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 75% YoY

  • Drugs1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: North Warwickshire East · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour in Atherstone
  • Anti-social behaviour in Hartshill area

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

Road safety

210 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 293 casualties · 32.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 10 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Coleshill Parkway (5.6 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Coleshill Parkway (5.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£268,337 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across North Warwickshire · to 2026-08

Detached£413,431
Semi-detached£262,618
Terraced£209,307
Flat£136,189

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£982 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £720
  • 2 bed £882
  • 3 bed £1,059

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

Affordability

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

922 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: 155.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (10.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 125 kW
  • Nearest: Coleshill Park and Ride / Coleshill Parkway Railway Station (5.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

65,035 residents in North Warwickshire · 229/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,387
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,522
  • Net moves+865

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 122 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,532 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 29,660)

A £1,688
B £1,969
C £2,251
D £2,532
E £3,095
F £3,657
G £4,220
H £5,064

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

Schools

35 schools · 11,146 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics AcademyGood
  • The Polesworth SchoolGood
  • Hartshill AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Coleshill School
  • The Queen Elizabeth Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Warwickshire

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 52 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

92 applications decided

98.9% granted · 91 granted, 1 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 11
  • Con 17
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

3,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£748 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,858 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 32,591 certificates

15.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.3 yrs women · 79 yrs men

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

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in B46

  • Hazelwood Group Practice
  • Satis House
  • Apollo Collaborative Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Nuneaton:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Over Whitacre · 0.2 km

    Over Whitacre is a village and civil parish containing the hamlets of Botts Green, Furnace End and Monwode Lea in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 407. It…

  • Furnace End · 0.7 km

    Furnace End is a large hamlet in the civil parish of Over Whitacre, and in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is on the B4114 where the road intersects with the B4098 approximately midway bet…

  • Shustoke railway station · 1.1 km

    Shustoke was a railway station on what is now the Birmingham to Peterborough Line between Whitacre Junction and Arley and Fillongley.

  • Daw Mill · 1.3 km

    Daw Mill was a coal mine located near the village of Arley, near Nuneaton, in the English county of Warwickshire. The mine was Britain's biggest coal producer. It closed in 2013 following a major fire. It was the last…

  • Botts Green · 1.7 km

    Botts Green is a hamlet and green in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England. It is located close to Whitacre Heath, Coleshill and Kingsbury. Population details can be found under Neth…

  • Ballard's Green · 1.9 km

    Ballard's Green is a village in Warwickshire, England. Population details may be found under Over Whitacre.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Over Whitacre?
Over Whitacre is a town in Warwickshire, England, in the North Warwickshire local authority.
How deprived is Over Whitacre?
The North Warwickshire local authority, which includes Over Whitacre, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.