Broad Blunsdon

7°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:36

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

35 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Shoplifting5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson4

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Blunsdon · Wiltshire

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

401 reported road collisions (2025)

65 killed or seriously injured · 511 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

138 food businesses within 2 miles

• 120 rated 4–5 ★ (110 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taw Valley Halt (4.2 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£263,685 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Swindon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,096 average monthly rent▲ 4.5% YoY

• 1 bed £820
• 2 bed £987
• 3 bed £1,218

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

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,135 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

• Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (2.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Blunsdon Community Shop and Cafe (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Road camera trial to begin across Swindon· 2 Nov 2026
• Lydiard apples turned into new preserves· 30 Oct 2026
• Government confirms mayoral strategic authority for the Thames Valley· 28 Oct 2026
• Experience the magic of Christmas at Lydiard Park· 27 Oct 2026
• New road linking Wichelstowe to the M4 now open· 26 Oct 2026

Source: Swindon Council

233,411 residents in Swindon · 1,014/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,172
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,055
• Net moves+117

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 180 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,438 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 102,300)

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

92 schools · 36,105 pupils

66 primary · 13 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 38 of 46 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Swindon

188 CQC-registered services

• Care homes47
• GP practices24
• Dentists41
• Homecare agencies58
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Swindon

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

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

200 applications decided

94.5% granted · 189 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Will Stone

Labour

Swindon North

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 19
• Con 23
• LD 1
• Ref 13
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,785 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£758 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,956 disposable income per head (2024)

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

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 105,699 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 27% · Biomass 14% · Nuclear 10%

196 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.4 women · 61.5 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Swindon North:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases362 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients332 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth231 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants170 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide

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

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  Blunsdon · 0.9 km

  Blunsdon is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) north of the centre of Swindon, with the A419 forming its southern boundary. Its main settlement is the village of Broa…

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  Abbey Stadium (Swindon) · 1.2 km

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  Stanton railway station · 1.9 km

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  Stanton Fitzwarren · 2.3 km

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  Priory Vale · 2.6 km

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  St Andrews, Swindon · 2.7 km

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