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Warminster

Warminster is a town in Wiltshire, England, with a population of around 17,490. It has around 7 restaurants and cafés, 20 bus stops, and Warminster railway station 1.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £359,343, and there were around 101 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 Warminster 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
South West 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

21°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

122 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences40
  • Anti-social behaviour34
  • Shoplifting14
  • Public order9

10 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Warminster Town · Wiltshire

Local policing priorities

  • Road Safety
  • Retail 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

88 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 70 rated 4–5 ★ (64 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Warminster (0.3 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Warminster (0.3 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: 157.9p · Esso (5.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (0.2 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Warminster Central Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches34
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

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 (WARMINSTER)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 209 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 Andrew Murrison

Conservative

South West Wiltshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft 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

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

388 jobs advertised · £35,913 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required, Occupational Therapist

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

73% low-carbon electricity

Solar 34% · Wind 32% · Imports 18% · Gas 9%

48 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 West Wiltshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Warminster · 0.2 km

    Warminster is a historic market town and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of 18,173 in 2021.

  • Warminster Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Warminster Town Hall is a former municipal building in the Market Place of Warminster, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which served as the headquarters of Warminster Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed bui…

  • Warminster Athenaeum · 0.3 km

    Warminster Athenaeum is a Victorian theatre in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, and a Grade II listed building. Built in Jacobean style in 1857/8 to designs by William Jervis Stent, it is held in trust on behalf of the…

  • Warminster railway station · 0.3 km

    Warminster railway station serves the historic market town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.

  • Portway House · 0.4 km

    Portway House is a Grade I listed town house in Warminster, Wiltshire, England.

  • Warminster Town F.C. · 0.5 km

    Warminster Town Football Club are a football club based in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of the Western League Division One and play at Weymouth Street, Warminster BA12 9NS

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Warminster?
Warminster is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
What is the population of Warminster?
Warminster has an approximate settlement population of 17,490.
How deprived is Warminster?
The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Warminster, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.