Worcester

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:35

9h 25m 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

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

599 reported · August 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences216
• Anti-social behaviour109
• Public order52
• Shoplifting50

39 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cathedral · West Mercia

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

91 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 107 casualties · 8.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 355 rated 4–5 ★ (289 top)
• 8 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

£257,871 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Worcester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£977 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £711
• 2 bed £908
• 3 bed £1,087

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,416 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · ESSO (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · ESSO (1.2 km)

1 station 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,698
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,091
• Net moves−393

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 166 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Worcester

578 CQC-registered services

• Care homes181
• GP practices88
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 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)

77 applications decided

94.8% granted · 73 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

937 jobs advertised · £42,510 avg

e.g. Nursery Assistant, Supply, Multi Trade Operative, Registered Manager - Childrens Home

Source: Adzuna

£760 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% 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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 19% · Imports 4%

160 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Worcestershire): 63.1 women · 63.3 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

10 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in WR1

• Spring Gardens Group Medical Practice
• Thorneloe Lodge Surgery
• Albany House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Worcester:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing319 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks249 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth177 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND158 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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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