Wychbold

22°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 24° / 16° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:30

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Public order4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Droitwich Town East and Rural East · West Mercia

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

157 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Droitwich Spa (3.8 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,015 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across Wychavon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£950 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £667
• 2 bed £868
• 3 bed £1,070

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Robin Hood Inn (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,492 residents in Wychavon · 200/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 191 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,373 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 62,210)

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

70 schools · 15,497 pupils

50 primary · 4 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wychavon

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
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

284 applications decided

89.8% granted · 255 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Chris Bloore

Labour

Redditch

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 26
• LD 8
• Grn 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,560 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Spanish Tutor in Wychbold – Flexible & Remote, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Wychbold – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£718 median full-time weekly pay

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

£28,083 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,075 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 8% · Imports 6%

222 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Redditch:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office480 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing305 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test271 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Wychbold · 0.2 km

  Wychbold is a village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. The village is situated on the A38 between Droitwich Spa and Bromsgrove, and by Junction 5 of the M5 motorway. Its population was 2,001 in 2021.

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  Droitwich Transmitting Station · 1.0 km

  The Droitwich transmitting station is a large broadcasting facility for medium-wave, and also formerly long-wave radio transmissions, established in 1934 in the civil parish of Dodderhill, just outside the village of…

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  Dodderhill · 1.0 km

  Dodderhill is a civil parish, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, located on the River Salwarpe. The parish is bisected by the M5 motorway, constructed in 1962. It is home to the Droitwich transmitting station in…

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  Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve · 1.8 km

  The Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve is a nature reserve of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. It is situated near Upton Warren, between Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, England. The reserve is desig…

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  Upton Warren · 1.8 km

  Upton Warren is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district, in Worcestershire, England. The village is situated just off the A38 road between Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa, and on the River Salwarpe. In the 20…

• Stoke Works railway station · 2.1 km

  Stoke Works railway station was a station in the hamlet of Stoke Prior in Worcestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)