Hampton in Arden

12°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 12° · 67% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:31

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Solihull Rural · West Midlands

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

247 reported road collisions (2024)

62 killed or seriously injured · 340 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

74 food businesses within 2 miles

• 63 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hampton-in-Arden (0.2 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£334,966 average▲ 4.2% YoY

Across Solihull · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,269 average monthly rent▲ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £851
• 2 bed £1,057
• 3 bed £1,252

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

68 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Hampton Manor (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

216,239 residents in Solihull · 1,213/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 206 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 95,980)

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

91 schools · 41,037 pupils

59 primary · 15 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 32 of 36 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

84inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Solihull

242 CQC-registered services

• Care homes63
• GP practices34
• Dentists52
• Homecare agencies58
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Solihull

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

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

225 applications decided

93.3% granted · 210 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Saqib Bhatti

Conservative

Meriden and Solihull East

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Con 25
• LD 6
• Grn 4
• Ref 16

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

17 jobs advertised · £51,919 avg

e.g. Become a Guitar Tutor in Hampton in Arden – Flexible & Remote, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Consumer Sales Consultant

Source: Adzuna

£899 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,713 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 95,331 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 17% · Imports 2%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 63.2 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Meriden and Solihull East:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office539 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s371 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test293 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership283 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need192 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide

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

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  Hampton-in-Arden railway station · 0.2 km

  Hampton-in-Arden railway station serves the village of Hampton-in-Arden in the West Midlands of England. It is situated on the West Coast Main Line between Coventry and Birmingham. The station, and all trains serving…

• Peel's Restaurant · 0.4 km

  Peel's Restaurant is situated in Hampton Manor, Hampton in Arden, England. It currently holds one Michelin star and four AA Rosettes. Hampton Manor is a Grade II listed building. Originally the family home of Frederic…

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  Hampton in Arden · 0.4 km

  Hampton in Arden is a village and civil parish located in the Forest of Arden in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England. Hampton in Arden was part of Warwickshire until the 1974 boundary…

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  Meriden and Solihull East · 1.1 km

  Meriden and Solihull East is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election. It is r…

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  Hampton in Arden packhorse bridge · 1.4 km

  Hampton in Arden packhorse bridge crosses the River Blythe near Hampton in Arden in the West Midlands of England, between Birmingham and Coventry. Dating from the 15th century, it is the only bridge of its kind in the…

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  Bickenhill · 2.1 km

  Bickenhill is a small village in the civil parish of Bickenhill and Marston Green, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands county, England, on the eastern fringe of the West Midlands conurbation.…

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