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Malmesbury

Malmesbury is a town in Wiltshire, England, with a population of around 6,318. It has one pharmacy and around 13 restaurants and cafés, along with 44 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Malmesbury, 0.0 km away. The average sold house price is around £480,750, and there were around 33 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Malmesbury 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.

Council
Wiltshire
County
Wiltshire
Constituency
North Wiltshire
Police force
Wiltshire
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 55th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.

Low crime95
Home affordability43
Affordable rents52
Good schools29
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation73
Employment86
Low council tax18

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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 79% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · 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: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

Crime

32 reported · July 2026 22% YoY

  • Public order7
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Other theft6
  • Violence & sexual offences6

Neighbourhood team: Malmesbury Town · Wiltshire

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting
  • Rural Crime

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

41 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kemble (11.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,908 average 2.7% YoY

Across Wiltshire · to 2026-06

Detached£519,308
Semi-detached£328,456
Terraced£264,866
Flat£158,975

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: 165.9p · Morrisons (12 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (12 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches21
  • Playgrounds7

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)

A £1,715
B £2,000
C £2,286
D £2,572
E £3,143
F £3,715
G £4,286
H £5,144

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 (MALMESBURY)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 332 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

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal Democrat

South Cotswolds

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

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

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

167 jobs advertised · £33,878 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

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

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Imports 41% · Wind 7% · Biomass 4%

220 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 South Cotswolds:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Aldhelm's Roman Catholic Church, Malmesbury · 0.2 km

    St Aldhelm's Roman Catholic Church in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England is a Roman Catholic Church built in 1875. The church is dedicated to St Aldhelm who lived in Malmesbury and was the abbot at nearby Malmesbury Abbey…

  • Malmesbury Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Malmesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in Cross Hayes in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Malmesbury Town Council and the home of the Athelstan Museum, is a Grade II l…

  • Malmesbury Market Cross · 0.2 km

    Malmesbury Market Cross is a Grade I listed, late 15th-century structure in the town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.

  • Malmesbury · 0.3 km

    Malmesbury is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately 14 miles (23 km) west of Swindon, 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Bristol, 9 miles (14 km) north of Chippenham and 5 miles sout…

  • Malmesbury Hundred · 0.3 km

    Malmesbury was a hundred of the English county of Wiltshire, lying in the north of the county and centring on the historic borough and market town of Malmesbury. The hundred of Malmesbury represents parishes that we…

  • Tetbury Avon · 0.3 km

    The Tetbury Avon, also known as the River Avon, Little Avon or Ingleburn, is a tributary of the Bristol Avon in south-west England. It rises at Tetbury in Gloucestershire and flows in a generally south-easterly direct…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Malmesbury?
Malmesbury is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
What is the population of Malmesbury?
Malmesbury has an approximate settlement population of 6,318.
How deprived is Malmesbury?
The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Malmesbury, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.