Leigh Sinton
Leigh Sinton is a village in Worcestershire, England. It has 4 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Malvern Link, 3.2 km away. There were around 7 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 Leigh Sinton 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
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 108th of 294 English council areas — better than 63% of them.
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
5°CPartly Cloudy
- Today: 10° / 5° · 25% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:37
9h 29m 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
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
76 food businesses within 2 miles
- 56 rated 4–5 ★ (51 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Malvern Link (3.2 km)
- 4 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Malvern Link (3.2 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£349,550 average▲ 4.3% YoY
Across Malvern Hills · to 2026-08
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: 173.9p · ESSO (8.7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · ESSO (8.7 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
19 charging locations within ~8 km
- 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Clarence Park Village (2.6 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches3
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds2
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)
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
- 18 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
Your MP
Dame Harriett Baldwin
Conservative
West Worcestershire
Recent votes:
- NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
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
- Schools2
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,705 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
1 jobs advertised
e.g. EMC Test Engineer
Source: Adzuna
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
Grid electricity
49% low-carbon electricity
Gas 46% · Nuclear 26% · Wind 21% · Imports 5%
183 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity
Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO
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 · 1 pharmacy in WR13
- Colwall Surgery
- Cradley Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Worcestershire:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks448 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing414 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills234 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately173 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND166 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Leigh Sinton · 0.1 kmLeigh Sinton is a hamlet in the Malvern Hills district of the county of Worcestershire, England. It is at the south end of the civil parish of Leigh. The village lies on the A4103 Worcester to Hereford road, about 5 m…
Bransford · 1.4 kmBransford is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) west of Worcester and 4 miles (6 km) north of Malvern. The village is on the A4103, the main roa…
Crowcroft · 1.5 kmCrowcroft is a small hamlet just outside Leigh Sinton, in the civil parish of Leigh, in the Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 2021, the parish of Leigh recorded a population of 1,589…
West Worcestershire · 1.6 kmWest Worcestershire is a constituency in Worcestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Harriett Baldwin, a Conservative.
- Newland Halt railway station · 1.6 km
Newland Halt railway station was a station in Newland, Worcestershire, England. The station was opened on 18 March 1929 and closed on 5 April 1965.
- Radar Research and Development Establishment · 2.4 km
The Radar Research and Development Establishment, RRDE for short, was a civilian research organization run by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Supply that primarily studied the development of radar for British Army…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Leigh Sinton?
- Leigh Sinton is a town in Worcestershire, England, in the Malvern Hills local authority.
- How deprived is Leigh Sinton?
- The Malvern Hills local authority, which includes Leigh Sinton, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.