Whittington (Wychavon)

20°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 10° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

106 reported · July 2026▲ 43% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences29
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Criminal damage & arson15
• Shoplifting11

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Battenhall and Nunnery · West Mercia

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

85 reported road collisions (2024)

23 killed or seriously injured · 105 casualties · 8.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

404 food businesses within 2 miles

• 295 rated 4–5 ★ (248 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Worcester Shrub Hill (2.6 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£253,787 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across Worcester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£974 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £709
• 2 bed £905
• 3 bed £1,083

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

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (7.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · ESSO (1.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (1.4 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Oak Apple (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

103,874 residents in Worcester · 3,121/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 159 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 47,800)

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

39 schools · 17,610 pupils

22 primary · 5 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 13 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Worcester

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
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

93 applications decided

92.5% granted · 86 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Nigel Huddleston

Conservative

Droitwich and Evesham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 17
• LD 5
• Grn 11
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,105 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£760 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,436 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,705 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

98% low-carbon electricity

Wind 67% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 2%

10 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.9

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Droitwich and Evesham:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing1,949 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership397 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership292 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  New College Worcester · 0.4 km

  New College Worcester is an independent boarding and day school for students, aged 11–19, who are blind or partially sighted. It caters to around 80 students. It is located in the city of Worcester, England.

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  Whittington, Worcestershire · 0.5 km

  Whittington is a village and civil parish near Worcester close to Junction 7 of the M5 motorway, bounded by the motorway and the B4084, in the District of Wychavon. The motorway cuts through the village, with the majo…

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  Red Hill, Worcester · 0.8 km

  Red Hill is a southeastern suburb of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. It is on the A44. It has historically been used as a high ground to attack the city and as a place of execution.

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  Ronkswood · 0.8 km

  Ronkswood is an inner-city suburb of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. It is one mile east of the city centre, centered on Newtown Road (B4636). Much of the Ronkswood housing estate was built in the late 1940s.

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  Whittington Tump · 0.9 km

  Whittington Tump or Crookbarrow Hill is a partly artificial mound in central Worcestershire, England. There is evidence of prehistoric activity at the site and may have been used as a religious site or burial mound. A…

• Worcester Sixth Form College · 0.9 km

  Worcester Sixth Form College is a 16-19 Academy in Worcester, England. It is located in the south-east of the city and was founded on the site of the former Worcester Grammar School for Girls following reorganisation…

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