Malmesbury

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• Today: 10° / 5° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:36

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

36 reported · August 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Shoplifting14
• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Burglary2

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Malmesbury Town · Wiltshire

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

1,027 reported road collisions (2025)

279 killed or seriously injured · 1,463 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

40 food businesses within 2 miles

• 31 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,102 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Wiltshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,082 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £749
• 2 bed £973
• 3 bed £1,220

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

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

6,957 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: 194.9p · BP (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 219.9p · BP (8.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

510,333 residents in Wiltshire · 157/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,412
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK23,025
• Net moves+2,387

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 219 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

267 schools · 74,423 pupils

201 primary · 28 secondary · 38 other

Ofsted: 106 of 128 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire

512 CQC-registered services

• Care homes164
• GP practices61
• Dentists98
• Homecare agencies149
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wiltshire

• In a conservation area (MALMESBURY)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 332 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

906 applications decided

92.6% granted · 839 granted, 67 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal Democrat

South Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 38
• LD 42
• Ref 10
• Oth 7

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

24,985 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

113 jobs advertised · £39,381 avg

e.g. Sales Advisor, Live-in Care Assistant for an Engineering Student, Night Replenishment, Supermarket Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% 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

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

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Wind 20% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 6%

264 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SN16

• Malmesbury Medical Partnership
• The Tolsey Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cotswolds:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks415 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects231 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills173 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients162 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately155 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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

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  Malmesbury Town Hall · 0.2 km

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  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.

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  Malmesbury · 0.3 km

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• Malmesbury Hundred · 0.3 km

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  Tetbury Avon · 0.3 km

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