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Norton (Norton and Lenchwick)

Norton (Norton and Lenchwick) is a town or village in Worcestershire, England. It has six bus stops and is near The Valley Railway Adventure railway station, which is 1.4km away. There were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Norton (Norton and Lenchwick) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wychavon area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 132,492 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
Wychavon
County
Worcestershire
Constituency
Mid Worcestershire
Police force
West Mercia
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 68th of 294 English council areas — better than 77% of them.

Home affordability41
Affordable rents68
Good schools49
Life expectancy79
Low deprivation60
Employment69
Low council tax66

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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:34

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

5 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1
  • Vehicle crime1

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

Local policing priorities

  • Issue: Anti-Social Behaviour You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing loca…
  • Issue: Drugs You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing local concerns.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

29 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 21 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: The Valley Railway Adventure (1.4 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Evesham (3.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£322,210 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Wychavon · to 2026-08

Detached£483,526
Semi-detached£294,327
Terraced£231,639
Flat£148,127

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 175.9p · Asda (1.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (1.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Costa Evesham (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

132,492 residents in Wychavon · 200/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,373 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,582
B £1,846
C £2,110
D £2,373
E £2,901
F £3,428
G £3,955
H £4,746

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Prince Henry's High SchoolOutstanding
  • Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form CentreGood
  • The De Montfort SchoolGood
  • Pershore High SchoolRequires improvement

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wychavon

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

  • In a conservation area (Norton and Lenchwick)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

253 applications decided

78.7% granted · 199 granted, 54 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

13 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in WR11

  • Riverside Surgery
  • Merstow Green Medical Practice
  • Abbey Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Redditch:

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

Notable places nearby

  • The Valley Railway Adventure · 1.4 km

    The Valley Railway Adventure is a 15 in gauge railway that operates in Evesham Country Park in Worcestershire, England.

  • Harvington · 1.6 km

    Harvington is a village near Evesham in Worcestershire, England. Bounded by the River Avon to the south and the Lench Hills to the north, three miles northeast of Evesham and now on the Worcestershire/Warwickshire bor…

  • Harvington railway station · 1.7 km

    Harvington railway station was a station in Harvington, Worcestershire, England. The station was opened on 17 September 1866, train services were withdrawn in 1962 and a bus service provided until officially closed on…

  • Offenham · 1.8 km

    Offenham is a large rural village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, located about three miles east of Evesham, in the Vale of Evesham. The River Avon flows through Offenham. The civ…

  • Battle of Evesham · 2.5 km

    The Battle of Evesham was one of the two main battles of 13th century England's Second Barons' War. It marked the defeat of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and the rebellious barons by the future King Edward I,…

  • Badsey Brook · 2.6 km

    The Badsey Brook, also known as the Broadway Brook, is a small brook that flows through Worcestershire, England. It is a lower tributary of the River Avon, which it joins near Offenham upstream of Evesham. Its princip…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Norton (Norton and Lenchwick)?
Norton (Norton and Lenchwick) is a town in Worcestershire, England, in the Wychavon local authority.
How deprived is Norton (Norton and Lenchwick)?
The Wychavon local authority, which includes Norton (Norton and Lenchwick), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.