Kempsey

10°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 10° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

19 reported · July 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Shoplifting4
• Other crime4
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Kempsey and Alfrick · West Mercia

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

109 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 133 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Worcestershire Parkway (4.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£350,906 average▲ 8% YoY

Across Malvern Hills · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£943 average monthly rent▲ 8.8% YoY

• 1 bed £694
• 2 bed £875
• 3 bed £1,081

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Stanbrook Abbey Hotel (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

79,487 residents in Malvern Hills · 138/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 187 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,451 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

49 schools · 10,949 pupils

35 primary · 5 secondary · 9 other

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

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

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

579 CQC-registered services

• Care homes180
• GP practices90
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

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

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

185 applications decided

83.2% granted · 154 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Harriett Baldwin

Conservative

West Worcestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised · £66,058 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Social Worker, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 26% · Imports 7% · Gas 5%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Worcestershire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership389 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership380 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing373 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office342 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s252 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Kempsey, Worcestershire · 0.1 km

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  Kerswell Green · 2.6 km

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  Old Hills · 2.7 km

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