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Romsley

Romsley is a village in Worcestershire, England, with a population of around 1,360. It has 14 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Longbridge, 5.8 km away. There were around eight 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 Romsley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bromsgrove area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 99,183 residents at roughly 457 people per km².

Council
Bromsgrove
County
Worcestershire
Constituency
Bromsgrove
Police force
West Mercia
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 95th of 294 English council areas — better than 68% of them.

Home affordability29
Affordable rents54
Good schools56
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation85
Employment72
Low council tax39

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

20°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 11° · 74% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:32

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Crime

8 reported · July 2026

  • Burglary3
  • Other theft2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Hagley and Rubery · West Mercia

Local policing priorities

  • Issue: Anti-Social Behaviour within the community, this encompasses a multitude of issues such as illegal use of electric bikes, drug use…
  • Issue: Shoplifting and other business related criminality has been highlighted through community engagement and revision of the available…

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

Road safety

137 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 186 casualties · 13.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

88 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 70 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Old Hill (5.7 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Old Hill (5.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£339,163 average 2% YoY

Across Bromsgrove · to 2026-06

Detached£530,198
Semi-detached£331,064
Terraced£271,190
Flat£155,017

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£985 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £713
  • 2 bed £893
  • 3 bed £1,084

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

Affordability

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (5.9 km)

40 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

45 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Moto Frankley Northbound Services (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

99,183 residents in Bromsgrove · 457/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 271 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,479 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 43,180)

A £1,652
B £1,928
C £2,203
D £2,479
E £3,029
F £3,580
G £4,131
H £4,957

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

Schools

43 schools · 18,149 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Hagley Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Haybridge High School and Sixth FormGood
  • North Bromsgrove High SchoolGood
  • South Bromsgrove HighGood
  • Waseley Hills High School
  • Woodrush High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bromsgrove

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

115 applications decided

94.8% granted · 109 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative / Independent coalition

  • Lab 6
  • Con 11
  • LD 6
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £31,616 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£843 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,466 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,698 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bromsgrove:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Romsley, Worcestershire · 0.2 km

    Romsley is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, on the east side of the Clent Hills about 4 miles south of Halesowen. In 2001 it had a population of 1,601.

  • Hunnington · 1.1 km

    Hunnington is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, close to the border with West Midlands, and just south of Halesowen. According to the 2001 census the parish had a popula…

  • Dowery Dell Viaduct · 1.3 km

    Dowery Dell, between Rubery and Halesowen in Worcestershire, was a 234 yards (214 m), nine span lattice steel, single-track railway viaduct that carried the Halesowen to Longbridge railway. A 10 mph speed limit was in…

  • Hunnington railway station · 1.3 km

    Hunnington railway station was a railway station in the village of Hunnington, near Halesowen, England, on the Great Western Railway and Midland Railway's joint Halesowen Railway line from Old Hill to Longbridge.

  • Uffmoor Wood · 1.3 km

    Uffmoor Wood is a semi-natural woodland in Worcestershire, in the English Midlands. It was acquired by the Woodland Trust from brushmaker, L G Harris & Co in 1985/86. The wood has an area of 84.84 hectares, and grid r…

  • Illey Pastures · 1.9 km

    Illey Pastures is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1989 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is close to the village of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Romsley?
Romsley is a town in Worcestershire, England, in the Bromsgrove local authority.
What is the population of Romsley?
Romsley has an approximate settlement population of 1,360.
How deprived is Romsley?
The Bromsgrove local authority, which includes Romsley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.