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Holt (Malvern Hills)

Holt (Malvern Hills) is a village in Worcestershire, England, with a population of around 1,800. It has 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Droitwich Spa, 6.7 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Holt (Malvern Hills) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Malvern Hills area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 79,487 residents at roughly 138 people per km².

Council
Malvern Hills
County
Worcestershire
Constituency
West Worcestershire
Police force
West Mercia
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 108th of 294 English council areas — better than 63% of them.

Home affordability34
Affordable rents61
Good schools65
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation60
Employment74
Low council tax46

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

6°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:36

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

109 reported road collisions (2025)

41 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

32 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Droitwich Spa (6.7 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Droitwich Spa (6.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£349,550 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across Malvern Hills · to 2026-08

Detached£502,136
Semi-detached£316,219
Terraced£250,275
Flat£183,236

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£946 average monthly rent▲ 8.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £696
  • 2 bed £878
  • 3 bed £1,084

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

Affordability

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,170 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (9.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Motorline Worcester-Hyundai (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

79,487 residents in Malvern Hills · 138/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,960
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,423
  • Net moves+1,537

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 179 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,451 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 38,850)

A £1,634
B £1,906
C £2,179
D £2,451
E £2,996
F £3,540
G £4,085
H £4,902

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

Schools

48 schools · 10,778 pupils

35 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 21 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Dyson Perrins CofE AcademyGood
  • Hanley Castle High SchoolGood
  • Tenbury High Ormiston AcademyGood
  • The Chantry SchoolGood
  • The ChaseGood

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Malvern Hills

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

178 applications decided

83.7% granted · 149 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Independent / Green / Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Con 6
  • LD 5
  • Grn 6
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£766 median full-time weekly pay

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

£28,076 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,058 certificates

17.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

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

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday8.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in WR6

  • Great Witley Surgery
  • Knightwick Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Worcestershire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Holt Castle, Worcestershire · 1.0 km

    Holt Castle is a country house in Holt, Worcestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

  • Holt, Worcestershire · 1.0 km

    Holt is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. The church is dedicated to St. Martin, and dates from about the 12th century. Holt Bridge, over the River Seve…

  • Grimley, Worcestershire · 1.5 km

    Grimley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Worcester. It is known for the Norman Parish Church, St Bartholomew's, and n…

  • Holt Fleet Bridge · 1.7 km

    Holt Fleet Bridge, also known as Holt Bridge, is a cast-iron arch bridge over the River Severn, at Holt in Worcestershire, England. It has a span of 150 feet (46 m); it was designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 182…

  • Holt Heath, Worcestershire · 1.8 km

    Holt Heath, in the parish of Holt, is a village near the west bank of the River Severn in Worcestershire.

  • Hawford · 2.1 km

    Hawford is a hamlet in Worcestershire, England, located in the outer suburbs of Worcester, about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the city centre.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Holt (Malvern Hills)?
Holt (Malvern Hills) is a town in Worcestershire, England, in the Malvern Hills local authority.
How deprived is Holt (Malvern Hills)?
The Malvern Hills local authority, which includes Holt (Malvern Hills), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.