Powick

17°CMist

• Today: 23° / 16° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:31

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

27 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Shoplifting7
• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Vehicle crime3

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 98 rated 4–5 ★ (85 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Worcester Foregate Street (3.8 km)
• 6 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 (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (3.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Stanbrook Abbey Hotel (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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
• 41 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

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
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Music Tutoring Job in Powick – Flexible Schedule, Online Guitar Tutor - Part Time

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

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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  River Teme · 0.5 km

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  Battle of Powick Bridge · 0.7 km

  The battle of Powick Bridge was a skirmish fought on 23 September 1642 south of Worcester, England, during the First English Civil War. It was the first engagement between elements of the principal field armies of the…

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  Powick · 0.7 km

  Powick is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England, located two miles south of the city of Worcester and four miles north of Great Malvern. The parish includes the village of…

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  Upper Wick · 1.2 km

  Upper Wick is a hamlet in the parish of Rushwick, Worcestershire.

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  Lower Wick, Worcester · 1.4 km

  Lower Wick is a southwestern suburb of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. It is located to the south of St. John's and to the west of the River Severn, adjacent to Powick. It is primarily composed of a 1960s housin…

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  Rushwick · 1.6 km

  Rushwick is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is situated to the west of Worcester, Rushwick Parish comprises the four villages and hamlets of Broad…

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