Worcester

18°CLight rain

• Today: 23° / 10° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 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

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

598 reported · July 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences215
• Anti-social behaviour118
• Shoplifting61
• Criminal damage & arson58

26 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cathedral · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 349 rated 4–5 ★ (280 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Worcester Foregate Street (0.7 km)
• 62 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 (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (1.2 km)

6 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: St Martins Gate (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches31
• Playgrounds18

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

• In a conservation area (Historic City)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 622 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

Tom Collins

Labour

Worcester

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés128

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,105 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,334 jobs advertised · £37,835 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Territory Sales Consultant, Service Team Member - Worcester

Source: Adzuna

£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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 24% · Biomass 8% · Imports 8%

37 gCO₂/kWh · 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 Worcester:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership466 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office315 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing291 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership254 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Worcester Boer War Memorial · 0.0 km

  The Worcester Boer War Memorial in Worcester, England, was unveiled near Worcester Cathedral in 1908. The war memorial commemorates casualties of the Second Boer War from the county of Worcestershire. It was designate…

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  Siege of Worcester · 0.1 km

  The second and longest siege of Worcester took place towards the end of the First English Civil War, when Parliamentary forces under the command of Thomas Rainsborough besieged the city of Worcester, accepting the cap…

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  Siege of Worcester (1643) · 0.1 km

  The short siege of Worcester was conducted by a Parliamentary army of about 3,000 under the command of Sir William Waller. They failed to capture the city, which was defended by about 1,700 Royalists under the command…

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  Worcester Cathedral · 0.1 km

  Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Worcester and is the mother…

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  Battle of Worcester · 0.1 km

  The Battle of Worcester took place on 3 September 1651 in and around the city of Worcester, England and was the last major battle of the 1642 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A Parliamentarian army of around 28,000…

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  Greyfriars, Worcester · 0.1 km

  Greyfriars, Worcester is a Grade I listed building in Worcester, England. Its location near to a former friary of the Franciscan order of Greyfriars has in the past led to speculation that it was constructed as their…

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