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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 (IoD2019). 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
43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 194th of 294 English council areas — better than 34% of them.

Low crime64
Home affordability67
Affordable rents64
Good schools1
Life expectancy27
Low deprivation49
Employment59
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

17°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

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

196 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 291 casualties · 30.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

10 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

£270,450 average 2.7% YoY

Across North Warwickshire · to 2026-06

Detached£419,013
Semi-detached£264,500
Terraced£210,047
Flat£136,341

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£978 average monthly rent 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £717
  • 2 bed £879
  • 3 bed £1,055

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

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

Fuel prices

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

15 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)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 155 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

36 schools · 11,352 pupils

24 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (67%)

32inspected 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

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

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

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

Planning decisions

78 applications decided

96.2% granted · 75 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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

3,280 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£748 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% 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

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Nuneaton:

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

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 IoD2019.