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Southam (Stratford-on-Avon)

Southam (Stratford-on-Avon) is a town in Warwickshire, England, with a population of around 12,000. It has around 2 GP surgeries or clinics, 1 pharmacy, and 11 restaurants or cafés, plus 10 bus stops. There were around 32 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Southam (Stratford-on-Avon) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stratford-on-Avon area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 134,725 residents at roughly 138 people per km².

Council
Stratford-on-Avon
County
Warwickshire
Constituency
Kenilworth and Southam
Police force
Warwickshire
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 46th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.

Home affordability61
Affordable rents83
Good schools26
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation82
Employment86
Low council tax37

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 55% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Crime

34 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Southam · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Burglaries
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB)

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

Road safety

262 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 352 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

45 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 43 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Leamington Spa (10.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£392,574 average 1.4% YoY

Across Stratford-on-Avon · to 2026-06

Detached£603,986
Semi-detached£366,948
Terraced£290,117
Flat£188,888

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,143 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £811
  • 2 bed £1,015
  • 3 bed £1,261

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

Affordability

7.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.5 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (10.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Southam (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches20
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

134,725 residents in Stratford-on-Avon · 138/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 259 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 67,350)

A £1,656
B £1,932
C £2,208
D £2,484
E £3,036
F £3,588
G £4,140
H £4,968

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

Schools

75 schools · 21,560 pupils

56 primary · 11 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

69inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Alcester Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • King Edward VI SchoolOutstanding
  • Southam CollegeOutstanding
  • Stratford Girls' Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Studley High SchoolOutstanding
  • Alcester AcademyGood
  • Shipston High SchoolGood
  • St Benedict's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Henley In Arden School
  • Kineton High School
  • Stratford Upon Avon School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stratford-on-Avon

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
  • 41 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

285 applications decided

94% granted · 268 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Jeremy Wright

Conservative

Kenilworth and Southam

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 10
  • LD 24
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£818 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,950 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 78,626 certificates

14.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Biomass 30% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

97 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kenilworth and Southam:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kenilworth and Southam · 0.4 km

    Kenilworth and Southam is a constituency in Warwickshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jeremy Wright, a Conservative who served as Culture Secretary until 24 July 2019…

  • Southam Rural District · 0.4 km

    Southam Rural District was a rural district in the county of Warwickshire, England. It was created in 1894 and consisted of 26 parishes, a further six parishes were added in 1932, when the Farnborough Rural District w…

  • Southam United F.C. · 0.5 km

    Southam United Football Club is a football club based in Southam, Warwickshire. They were members of the Coventry Alliance League Premier Division and played at Bobby Hancocks Park, until resigning in February 2025.

  • Southam · 0.9 km

    Southam is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, located about 6+1⁄2 miles (10 km) east-southeast of Leamington Spa. In the 2021 census, the population of Southam w…

  • Southam Heritage Collection · 1.0 km

    The Southam Heritage Collection contains artefacts, documents, and photographs relating to the history of the town of Southam, Warwickshire, England, including its people, and the surrounding villages.

  • Dallas Burston Polo Club · 1.5 km

    The Dallas Burston Polo Club is a 600 acre polo club based near the market town of Southam, Warwickshire. Opened in 1999, and merged with the Stoneleigh Park club in 2003, it was until 2012 named the RLS Polo Club. I…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Southam (Stratford-on-Avon)?
Southam (Stratford-on-Avon) is a town in Warwickshire, England, in the Stratford-on-Avon local authority.
How deprived is Southam (Stratford-on-Avon)?
The Stratford-on-Avon local authority, which includes Southam (Stratford-on-Avon), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.