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Wilmcote

Wilmcote is a village in Warwickshire, England, with a population of around 1,092. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 3 bus stops, and Wilmcote railway station is 0.8 km away. In June 2026, there were around 8 recorded street crimes, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wilmcote area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stratford-on-Avon area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 134,725 residents at roughly 138 people per km².

Council
Stratford-on-Avon
County
Warwickshire
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon
Police force
Warwickshire
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My Area Score

Good

Ranked 47th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.

Home affordability61
Affordable rents83
Good schools25
Life expectancy86
Low deprivation83
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

9°CClear

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:36

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa Rugby Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 80% YoY

  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Alcester South · Warwickshire

Local policing priorities

  • Burglary (dwelling)
  • Burglary (other)

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

Road safety

275 reported road collisions (2025)

90 killed or seriously injured · 352 casualties · 20.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

25 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wilmcote (0.8 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wilmcote (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£396,711 average▲ 1.3% YoY

Across Stratford-on-Avon · to 2026-08

Detached£609,696
Semi-detached£370,033
Terraced£295,080
Flat£190,151

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,149 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

  • 1 bed £816
  • 2 bed £1,020
  • 3 bed £1,267

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

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

Property sales

2,157 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

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: RAWOWNED BILLESLEY 1 (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,489
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,501
  • Net moves+2,988

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 246 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

74 schools · 21,547 pupils

55 primary · 11 secondary · 8 other

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

68 inspected 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

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
  • 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

337 applications decided

91.7% granted · 309 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal Democrat

Stratford-on-Avon

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Nuclear 17% · Wind 17% · Solar 16%

169 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Warwickshire): 62.9 women · 63.3 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

Health services

12 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in CV37

  • Bridge House Medical Centre
  • Rother House Medical Centre
  • Trinity Court Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stratford-on-Avon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wilmcote · 0.4 km

    Wilmcote is a village, and since 2004 a separate civil parish, in the English county of Warwickshire, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Stratford-upon-Avon. Prior to 2004, it was part of the same parish as Aston Cantlow,…

  • Mary Arden's Farm · 0.4 km

    Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House or Glebe Farm, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare, the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited…

  • Wilmcote railway station · 0.8 km

    Wilmcote railway station serves the village of Wilmcote, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The station is run by West Midlands Trains. It is served by both West Midlands Rai…

  • Pathlow, Warwickshire · 1.7 km

    Pathlow is a hamlet in the English county of Warwickshire. Pathlow lies to the east of the village of Wilmcote some three miles north from Stratford-upon-Avon.

  • All Saints Church, Billesley · 1.8 km

    All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Billesley, Warwickshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the c…

  • Aston Cantlow · 2.5 km

    Aston Cantlow is a village in Warwickshire, England, on the River Alne 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of Stratford-upon-Avon and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Wilmcote, close to Little Alne, Shelfield, and Newnham. It w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Wilmcote?
Wilmcote is a town in Warwickshire, England, in the Stratford-on-Avon local authority.
What is the population of Wilmcote?
Wilmcote has an approximate settlement population of 1,092.
How deprived is Wilmcote?
The Stratford-on-Avon local authority, which includes Wilmcote, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.