Cropthorne

10°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:38

9h 33m 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 · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 71% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Evesham Town South and Rural West · West Mercia

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

155 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 197 casualties · 11.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Evesham (4.0 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£322,210 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Wychavon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£954 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

• 1 bed £671
• 2 bed £872
• 3 bed £1,075

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,694 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: 175.9p · Asda (4.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (4.7 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: The Wood Norton Hotel (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,492 residents in Wychavon · 200/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,982
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,362
• Net moves+1,620

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 178 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,373 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 62,210)

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

70 schools · 15,497 pupils

50 primary · 4 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wychavon

578 CQC-registered services

• Care homes181
• GP practices88
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

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

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

253 applications decided

78.7% granted · 199 granted, 54 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Nigel Huddleston

Conservative

Droitwich and Evesham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 26
• LD 8
• Grn 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£718 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,083 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,075 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Nuclear 20% · Wind 18% · Solar 14%

161 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Worcestershire): 63.1 women · 63.3 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in WR10

• Abbottswood Medical Centre
• Pershore Medical Practice
• Pch Ward

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Droitwich and Evesham:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing2,125 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases243 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills221 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death198 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Cropthorne · 0.0 km

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  Fladbury railway station · 2.0 km

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  Bricklehampton · 2.9 km

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