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Redditch

Redditch is a town in Worcestershire, England, with a population of around 87,847. It has around 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 43 restaurants and cafés, along with 92 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Redditch, 0.2 km away. The average sold house price is around £312,172. There were around 291 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 Redditch area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Redditch area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 87,037 residents at roughly 1,604 people per km².

Council
Redditch
County
Worcestershire
Constituency
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
40/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 224th of 294 English council areas — better than 24% of them.

Home affordability71
Affordable rents68
Good schools10
Life expectancy37
Low deprivation37
Employment34
Low council tax42

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

12°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 10° · 79% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:32

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Crime

288 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences127
  • Anti-social behaviour31
  • Shoplifting29
  • Criminal damage & arson23

11 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Abbey · West Mercia

Local policing priorities

  • Issue: Anti-Social Behaviour This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on community feedback, crime data and engagements with partn…
  • Issue: Shop Thefts This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on community feedback, crime data and engagements with partners.

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

Road safety

73 reported road collisions (2024)

28 killed or seriously injured · 99 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

288 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 200 rated 4–5 ★ (166 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Redditch (0.2 km)
  • 92 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Redditch (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£243,843 average 0.5% YoY

Across Redditch · to 2026-06

Detached£394,693
Semi-detached£253,409
Terraced£202,986
Flat£114,482

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£951 average monthly rent 8.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £665
  • 2 bed £860
  • 3 bed £1,027

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

Affordability

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (2.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Johnsons Cars LTD (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms3
  • Sports pitches31
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

87,037 residents in Redditch · 1,604/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 118 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,463 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 37,950)

A £1,642
B £1,916
C £2,189
D £2,463
E £3,010
F £3,558
G £4,105
H £4,926

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

Schools

36 schools · 12,314 pupils

19 primary · 5 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 10 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

34inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • St Augustine's Catholic High SchoolOutstanding
  • Trinity High School and Sixth Form CentreGood
  • Tudor Grange Academy RedditchGood
  • Arrow Vale High School
  • Ridgeway Secondary School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Redditch

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

42 applications decided

92.9% granted · 39 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Chris Bloore

Labour

Redditch

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Independent coalition

  • Lab 13
  • Con 4
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics6
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés51

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

818 jobs advertised · £37,825 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£713 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,696 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 36,627 certificates

12.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

91% low-carbon electricity

Wind 60% · Nuclear 26% · Gas 6% · Biomass 5%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Redditch:

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

Notable places nearby

  • North Worcestershire (district) · 0.1 km

    North Worcestershire will be a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Worcestershire, England. It is planned to be formed on 1 April 2028, with the first elections taking place in May 2027. The area includ…

  • Redditch railway station · 0.2 km

    Redditch railway station serves the town of Redditch, North Worcestershire, England. It is the southern terminus of the Cross-City Line 14.5 miles (23 km) south of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains se…

  • Redditch Library · 0.2 km

    Redditch Library is a library in the centre of Redditch, United Kingdom. Constructed for £550,000 and opened on 24 January 1976, it is the town's main public library, having been purpose-built to replace the former bu…

  • Kingfisher Shopping Centre · 0.2 km

    Kingfisher Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Redditch, Worcestershire, England. It contains 150 stores, with a range of large and smaller units, including anchor tenants Next and Primark. The home, leisure and g…

  • Redditch Town Hall · 0.4 km

    Redditch Town Hall is a municipal building in Walter Stranz Square in Redditch, a town in Worcestershire, in England. It is the headquarters of Redditch Borough Council.

  • Palace Theatre, Redditch · 0.4 km

    The Palace Theatre is a Grade II listed theatre in Redditch in Worcestershire, England. It opened in 1913 and has been primarily used as a theatre, but also as a cinema, rollerskating rink and bingo hall.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Redditch?
Redditch is a town in Worcestershire, England, in the Redditch local authority.
What is the population of Redditch?
Redditch has an approximate settlement population of 87,847.
How deprived is Redditch?
The Redditch local authority, which includes Redditch, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.