Great Cheverell
Great Cheverell is a village in Wiltshire, England, with a population of around 475. There were around 8 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Great Cheverell area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Wiltshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 510,333 residents at roughly 157 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 55th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.
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
18°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 19° / 17° · 80% rain
- Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:29
12h 51m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Crime
11 reported · July 2026▼ 48% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences5
- Other crime5
- Public order1
Neighbourhood team: Devizes Rural South · Wiltshire
Local policing priorities
- Prevention and detection of burglaries from a home setting and rural breaks
- Disruption and detection of drug dealing offences and associated addresses
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
880 reported road collisions (2024)
172 killed or seriously injured · 1,180 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
16 food businesses within 2 miles
- 9 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Westbury (12.2 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£328,908 average▲ 2.7% YoY
Across Wiltshire · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,072 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY
- 1 bed £743
- 2 bed £964
- 3 bed £1,209
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
8.8× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
7 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
5 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Summerhayes B&B (1.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools4
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
510,333 residents in Wiltshire · 157/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 231 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,572 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (25% of 233,060)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
268 schools · 74,579 pupils
201 primary · 28 secondary · 39 other
Ofsted: 106 of 128 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)
235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar SchoolOutstanding
- Malmesbury SchoolOutstanding
- Abbeyfield SchoolGood
- Bradon Forest SchoolGood
- Kingsbury Green AcademyGood
- Matravers SchoolGood
- Melksham Oak Community SchoolGood
- Sheldon SchoolGood
- South Wilts Grammar SchoolGood
- St Augustine's Catholic CollegeGood
- The Corsham SchoolGood
- The Trafalgar School at DowntonGood
- The Wellington AcademyGood
- Pewsey Vale SchoolRequires improvement
- St Joseph's Catholic SchoolRequires improvement
- Avon Valley Academy
- Devizes School
- Hardenhuish School
- Kingdown School
- Lavington School
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
- Sarum Academy
- St John's Marlborough
- St Laurence School
- The Clarendon Academy
- The John of Gaunt School
- The Stonehenge School
- Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire
Care & health services
514 CQC-registered services
- Care homes163
- GP practices61
- Dentists98
- Homecare agencies152
- Hospitals & hospices8
CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Wiltshire
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (GREAT CHEVERELL)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 41 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
832 applications decided
92.2% granted · 767 granted, 65 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Brian Mathew
Liberal Democrat
Melksham and Devizes
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoClosure motion
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition
- Lab 1
- Con 38
- LD 43
- Ref 10
- Oth 6
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
24,755 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£751 median full-time weekly pay
2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£27,404 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
46% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 241,404 certificates
9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
15% low-carbon electricity
Gas 46% · Imports 39% · Biomass 6% · Solar 4%
214 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity
Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 63.7 women · 63.8 men
64% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.4
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.3
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Melksham and Devizes:
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership380 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases360 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership324 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office309 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks287 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Great Cheverell · 0.1 km
Great Cheverell is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Devizes. In some sources the Latinized name of Cheverell Magna is used, especially when referring to the ecclesiastical pa…
- Little Cheverell · 1.1 km
Little Cheverell is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. In some sources the Latinized name of Cheverell Parva is used, especially when referring to the parish. The village lies on the B3098 Westbur…
Senior Officers' School · 1.3 kmThe Senior Officers' School was a British military establishment formed in 1916 by Brigadier-General R. J. Kentish for the training of Commonwealth senior officers of all services in inter-service cooperation. It was…
HM Prison Erlestoke · 1.3 kmHM Prison Erlestoke is a Category C men's prison, to the east of the village of Erlestoke in Wiltshire, England. Erlestoke is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is the only prison in Wiltshire.
Erlestoke · 1.8 kmErlestoke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain. The village lies about 6 miles (10 km) east of Westbury and the same distance south-west of Devizes.
Dauntsey's School · 2.1 kmDauntsey's School is a public school for pupils aged 11–18 in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, England. The school was founded in 1542 in accordance with the will of William Dauntesey, a master of the Worship…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Cheverell?
- Great Cheverell is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
- What is the population of Great Cheverell?
- Great Cheverell has an approximate settlement population of 475.
- How deprived is Great Cheverell?
- The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Great Cheverell, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.