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Peopleton

Peopleton is a village in Worcestershire, England, with a population of around 585. It has 1 bus stop and Pershore railway station 2.8 km away. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Peopleton 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

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 15° / 8° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 7° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:43

9h 44m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

63US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, 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

1 reported · August 2026

  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Pershore Rural South and Rural North · West Mercia

Local policing priorities

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

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

26 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Pershore (2.8 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pershore (2.9 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: 173.9p · ESSO (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Widmer LTD (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches3
  • 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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 19 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

Your MP

Nigel Huddleston

Conservative

Droitwich and Evesham

Recent votes:

  • 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
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

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

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

Grid electricity

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 4%

180 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in WR10

  • Abbottswood Medical Centre
  • Pershore Medical Practice
  • Pch Ward

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Droitwich and Evesham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Peopleton · 0.1 km

    Peopleton is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 640, with 245 households.

  • Bowbrook House School · 0.2 km

    Bowbrook House School is a mixed independent school for around 200 pupils aged 3 to 16 with around 30 teaching staff. It is located in a Georgian mansion set on a 14-acre campus in the village of Peopleton near the to…

  • Stoulton railway station · 2.0 km

    Stoulton railway station was a station to the northwest of Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire, England. The station was opened in 1899 and closed in 1966.

  • Egdon · 2.1 km

    Egdon is a hamlet located in the county of Worcestershire and falls with the civil parish of Stoulton and White Ladies Aston.

  • Pinvin · 2.3 km

    Pinvin is a village in Worcestershire, England, a little to the north of Pershore, about 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) south-east of Worcester, and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Evesham and lies on the crossroads of th…

  • Drakes Broughton and Wadborough · 2.4 km

    Drakes Broughton and Wadborough is a civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, north-west of the town of Pershore. It includes the villages of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough. Its population was 2,14…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Peopleton?
Peopleton is a town in Worcestershire, England, in the Wychavon local authority.
What is the population of Peopleton?
Peopleton has an approximate settlement population of 585.
How deprived is Peopleton?
The Wychavon local authority, which includes Peopleton, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.